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Kolirtinry 24. 1001 THE ILLUSTRATE!) HBK. SNAP?HOT OK NEBRASKA LUMBERMEN'S CONVENTION IN SESSION AT OMAHA Sketch of the New King of England Tin- following sketch of the career of King Edward VII of England Is gleuned from tliu Shellleld Dally Telegraph, which was sent to The lieu by Consul Church Howe, n Nebraskan, who represents the United States at Shellleld, England: Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, K, 0., I). C. L,, who now succeeds to the Ilrltlsh crown, Is the eldest son of Queen Victoria and the latu prince consort. He was born in Buckingham palace on November 1), IS 11. Many of the present generation remember the rejoicings which celebrated his birth. A princess hud been born in the previous No vember, but an heir was looked for wlih some anxiety, and never was baby prince more welcome than he. Every detail as to the coming of the little stranger was eag erly welcomed. Wo read how at 7 on that Calk November morning the great olllccrs of state were summoned to Buckingham pal ace. Immediately after his birth the royal Infant was carried by the nurse Into the ad joining room anil shown to the Illustrious personages In waiting, the customary dec laration of birth being then Issued In the usual form. The pilnce was baptized on January 1.", 1812, and thu king of Prussia was his god father. In his early years the prince was educated by the Uev. Canon lllrch; Mr. Olbbs, nfterwards one of tho olllcers of the duchy of Cornwall; the Hov. C. E. Farver and Mr. 11. W. Fisher. It was when his royal highness was a child of fi that a now half-forgotten pamphlet entitled, "Who Should Educate the l'rlnco of Wnlos?" a subject In which the public took at tho time no llttlo Interest was published. Huron Stockmar, Bishop Wilberforce and Sir James Clurke wtrc in turn consulted, and 11 milly a happy choice was made by tho selection of tho Into Canon lllrch, who at the time was an assistant master at Eton. I'M rut I'ulilli! Aieiiriiiiec. The prince of Wales, of course, was al ways public property, and even in child hood he was compelled to share In tho duties of exalted rank. From a biography pub lished about three years ago we learn that he made his II rat olllclal nppourauco In Lon don on October 30, 18 11. It had been ar ranged that the queen was to bu present nt the opening of the Coal exchange, but the was not able to go, ns sho was suffering fiom chiokeiipox. Accordingly It was ar ranged that tho princess royal and tho prince of Wales should represent their loyal mother, "l'uss anil tho boy," as tho queen called them, went with their father, in state, from West minster, In the royal barge, rowed by twenty-six wntermen. Lady Lyttelton, In a letter to Mrs. Gladstone, gives a chanulrig account of the event and tells her sister how tho prince consort was careful to put the prince of Wales forward. In honor of tho royal children a great many quaint old city customs were revived, In cluding a swan barge, and both tho prince of Wales and the princess royal seem to havo retained a very delightful recollection of their llrst sight of tho city. His preparatory education over, ho first studied for a session at Edinburgh univer sity, and afterward ontored Christ church, Oxford, whoro ho nttonded tho public lec tures for n year. Subsequently ho resided for three or four terms at Cambrldgo for tho same purpose. When his university courso was over tho prlnco of Wales, at his father's request, betook himself to travel. He wns to bo the futuro monarch of realms on which tho sun nover sot, and It wns right that ho should Beo for himself some of theso dominions nB well ns other countries under other forms of government. In 1800, thereforo, heforo ho had attained his majority, lie went, well attended, on a lengthened visit to our North American colonies. It wns nn oxcollent beginning to his travels, anf the Canadians wero delighted with the com pllment thus pnld them, Illuminating Nl aguia In his honor ami evincing the mosl enthusiastic loyalty. IiIIh I Ik- I iillctl Ntiilox. In tho United States, ulso, "Wales," as he was familiarly culled In tho republic, made himself extremely popular and was stared at and shaken hands with, as "lions" are In that laud of freedom and equality. 1 he latu duko of Newcastle accompanied the prlnco throughout his tour. Tho prlnco reached Plymouth on his return home ou November 11. The Hero, by which ho sailed, made a very slow passage und thu delay caused considerable anxiety, especially lu court circles. After his return homo he studied nt Cam bridge for a few months, and then went Into camp nt thu Currugh, ho having two years pruvlously been gazetted to n colo nelcy in tho army. His marriage, on March 10, 1SCII, was thu occasion of Immense Joy to tho nation, as It has been of Intense happiness to himself. Prlnco Albert, llko tho queen, favored an early marrlago for his eldest sou. Accord ing to tho carl of Malmshury's "Memoirs of an Ex-Minlster," Mr. Augustus Paget was thu first to suggest the Princess Alexandra of Denmark us a sultablu brldo for tho prince, but another and nioro ro mantic story says that the queen had other views for tho prlnco and negotia tions wero actually on thu point of being opened when tho prlnco happened to seo tho princess' portrait. He immediately sent a confidential friend to make In quiries at Copenhagen and, on hearing that tho princess was even more charming than her portrait, ho caused more formal steps to be taken. It Is said that In tho palaco at Lueken there Is a pedestnl uflon which uro miniature busts of tho prince and princess of Wales. It was there that thu king of tho Belgians Introduced these royal personages to each other and his majesty considers that one of the pleasautest and happiest reminiscences of his long ami prosperous reign. Tennyson wrote a stir ring odo to the "Sea King's Daughter from Over tho Sea," and bright and beautiful sho looked as she made her entry into thu capital a few days prior to the wedding, which wns celebrated on March 10, 1SG!5, Tho festivities which took place on that occasion wero remarkable for their spon taneous enthusiasm. Never was a bride nioro heartily welcomed by a nation than was tho Princess Alexandra when sho ar rived In this country. From the mouth of tho Thames to Windsor eustlo it wns not merely a royal, hut a populur progress. At overy available point huge crowds gath ered and enthusiastically cheered the young couple, for the prlnco of Wales wont to Gravosond to meet his bride. The Lon don strcots through which the procession pnssed wore profusely decornted. Wed ill ii k ' renin II, v. On tho following dny, which wns Sunday, tho members of tho two royal families at tended divine service In tho prlvato chapel. On Monday tho lord mayor and certain members of tho corporation arrived at tho castlo and presented to tho Princess Alex andra a diamond necklaco and earrings valued nt 10,000. And tho next day tho marrlago was solemnized in tho Chapel Koyul, Windsor castle, In tho presence of tho queen, who, however, took no part In tho brilliant ceremonial, but remained In tho royal closet, dressed In widow's weeds. Aftor his inurrlngo tho prlnco settled dow n to tho career and tho numerous high duties which his father's death and his mother's Ill-health and seclusion rondered It Hulls pensnblo Hint ho should discharge Ho be came n fluent nnd tolornhlo rendy speaker n talent which became of Importance when, during tho season, almost every day brought Its public appearanco nnd conse quent speech. From politics nnd polltlcnl pnrtles ho wisely hold nloof nnd If It wns rumored that the genial nature of Lord Bencoiislleld had greater attractions for him thnn tho colder reserve of Mr. Glad stone, he certainly did not allow such ti preference to become lu any way marked. In November, 1870, I ho prlneu was stricken down with an attack of typhoid fever which nearly proved fatal. It was whispered at thu time that thu prince, under Providence, really owed his recov ery to ouo of those sudden Inspirations of genius of which thu history of medicine Is full. His royal highness seemed to bo ac tually In extremis, when ono of his medi cal attendants sent lu haste for two bottles of old champagne: brandy and rubbed the patient with It vigorously all over till re turning animation rewarded the doctor's efforts. Other versions of the story, how ever, nro current. After his recovery ho went abroad for u time. On March 27 he visited tho pope; hut ho was back lu England before mid summer, engaged In the familiar round of opening museums, grammar-schools, et hoc genus omne. The date, April 2S, 187fi, de serves mention, however, as it was on that day that the prince was instnlled as grand master of the Free Masons of England. I'CllllltlfN Of I'lllllll-lt). From tho time of his serious Illness on wards the prince's life may best be de scribed as one of hard work, marked by only n few outstanding Incidents. To somo It may havo seemed a mere round of galoty: but only to the unthinking, for the Junketings added thu prince, slyly, to Lord Rothschild, "whenuver 1 read a paper or a magazine and seo my numo figuring lu It, 1 turn away from It quickly, for 1 know that wero I to read about myself In the papers 1 should havo to read a lot that I know al ready, and n lot I do not want to know." On March 10, 18S8, tho princess and ho celebrated their Bllver wedding, amid gen eral rejoicing, for long ero this both prlnco and princess had endeared thtmsclvos to tho nation. His eldest daughter, tho Princess Louise Victoria, was married lu tho following year to tho duko of Flfo and tho birth of her daughter, lu lS'.il, elevated the prince to tho proud position of grand father. Hut a great sorrow befell his house hold through tho death, early in 18112, of his eldest son, Prince Albert Victor, duke of Clarence, after a brief Illness. Next year, 1897, thu prlnco had a great deal to do In connection with the diamond jublleo festivities. First of all he Inaug urated the Prlnco of Wales' Hospital fund In honor of tho event. lis object was to raise a fund for the permanent endowment of thu Loudon hospitals and before the year was out the fund amounted to nearly X2r.0,000. Of lato tho prince has taken a deep, per sonal Interest lu thu open-air cure for con sumption nnd, by presiding nt meetings nnd In other ways, has done his best to Vi, L. Myers. President, Nowport J C Clohind, secretary, Fremont William Kroner, Htunrt. 1). T. Cornell, lloldregu. .1 A lie iliiidlilsl. Onkliiiiri J. W. Kerns, Auburn. V F Hidings, North Platte T. M Whlffen, DeWltl OFFICERS OF NEBRASKA LUMBERMEN'S ASSOCIATION. which tho public ceremonials, such as tho opening in 187." of the Firth park In Shef field, at which both ho and tho princess wero present, Involve, become Intolerably tedious when often repeated, as In tho case of a royal personago thoy Invariably are. In addition to tho trivial round of stato functions the prince paid to tho full tho penalties of publicity. It is on record that once, when paying a visit to Lord Roths child, ho said to his host, "Your llfo may at times be an arduous one; In fnct, I know It Is, but It Is an easy ono compared with mine. I long for prlvato llfo, and 1 know that can never ho mlno. Every look, every gesture of mine Is noticed. If I ap pear lu public without a smilo on my faco the papers announce that 'his royal high ness looks worn and sad, and wo fear that revelations of a startling kind may shortly eomo to light.' If, on tho eontrnry, I ap pear with n smile, It Is given In tho pnpers Hint 'tho prlnco of Wules looked plensed nnd happy, and Is In tho best of health,' whereas, perhaps, I mil feeling extremely unwell nnd upset. What sort of clothes I wear, tho pattern of them, tho color of my ties, whether I shook hands with Mr. So nnd So. or only bowed to him. nnd the reason why I only bowed-all these little things oro noticed nnd made public. Hut," assist tlio spread of spleutillc knowledge on thu subject. Thu prlnco Is president of St. Bartho lomew's hospital and of thu Society of Arts. He Is also an LL. I), of Cambridge and Dublin nnd a I). C. L. of Oxford, a benchor of tho Middle Tetnplo and an eldor brother of Trinity House. A King Lost in Illinois Some Interesting anecdotes of Edwnrd VII nro told by n prominent man of this city, under whoso personal observation they cutno when tho prlnco of Wules visited this country under the title of Lord Renfrew, says a Curliondule correspondent of the Chlcngo Tribune. It wns In the full of 18C0 nnd the prince, with a purty of St. Louis friends. Invaded Illinois for the purpose of shooting prnlrlo chickens. His success lu bagging gamo qulto curried tho prince awuy, figuratively, nnd also literally during ono hunt, for ho was soon lost from both his friends nnd uttendunts lu n country totnlly unknown to him. When ho finally renllzed tho fact ho attempted to rotraco his stops, hut oven his servant, who curried tho gnmo for him, wns nowhero to bo seen. Striking out toward tho sotting sun, ho determined to reneh somo sort of hubltaiiiiu us qunkl) as possllilu in order that lie might reach Breese, Clinton count), tho pari) h lieailqimrtoiH, Indole dark lie wu. quite worn out when he came upon a Scotch-Irishman plowing lu a field. Tho prince approached him and couiiuauded that he hitch his horses at unco to the nearby wagon and drive him as speedily as possible to Breese. Tho mail stopped, quietly look u quid of tobacco from his mouth, depositing It near thu princely foci, and, taking another chew, Blared lu amazement. "What Is thu matter, my good mini 7" said tho prince. "It Is not so far to Breese that your horses would not make the trip, Is It? ' "Faith, mi' nary a that, sor; but It's no business I havo got In Breesu the day. 1 "Hut, man, 11 Is Important that 1 should bo there without delay, as 1 have no deslu to bo out hero after nightfall." "Faith, an' I'm sorry for that, sor," said the Irishman, viewing his royal highness with increased suspicion. "Perhaps," said thu prlneu haughtily, but with n suppressed smllu hovering about hl.i lips, "you do not know that you aru refusing to do a service for an English iioblumau." "Shine, an' that's uathei here nor there to me, sor. Wu uro all on tho same footing lu this country, sor. If you want mu to take you to Breese show your wad." Finally, realizing what ho meant by "wad," thu prince thrust his hand Hi his pocket und drew out a Vj bill. That Buttled It. Title or no title, the road was open to DruLBu. "Climb In, pardnor," said thu lrishmaii, us hu hastily fastened his horses to thu wagon. On tho road the prince chatted familiarly with his grotesque and original friend, passing, as hu afterward remarked, ono ot thu most amusing hours of his trip. Thu Irishman was delighted, and his prejudice against titled heads was rapidly diminishing when, as they catiiu Hi sight of Breese, they met sovurul of tho party n quest of him. Getting out of thu wagon and mounting tho horso that hud been led out for hlni the prince turned to his new friend and said: "My good man, when you return home Just tell your wife that you drovu tho prlneu ot Wales into Breese." "Well, faith," said thu Irishman, shifting his Hues into his left hand, "an' that's a good one." Extending his hand to Wales ho said with a grin: "Shako, prlnco or nn prlnco, you're tho right sort, and If yu over come Into these parts again Jest drop In. Tho old woman would bo powerful glad to seo ye." South and the Negro A writer in the North American Review says that thu south now expends about $10, 000,000 annually lu school funds, or which sum the negroes contribute but ono-lhlr-tleth, though they have the opportunity to reap nearly half tho benefit. In the south all Hades uro open to them and they ru colvo overy oncouriigeiiiont to become pro ficient lu tho Industrial arts. A largo num ber of negroes havo eagerly taken ailvun tugo of theso opportunities and have mude unprecedented progress In bettering their condition lu overy way. They have uiiiubhoiI lu one state property the assessed value of which Is nearly $:!0,000,000, and It Is esti mated Hint they own, all told, about $1100, 000,000 worth of personnl and real estate. Thoy have their own doctors, lawyers und proncherB, they hnvo been given the best schools, colleges nnd universities nnd they havo their own military companies. Many of them realize that tholr IntorostB are Insep arable from the IntorostB of the smith. They havo found by experience Hint the people who give them employment, who unuunlly pay millions of dollars that their children may bo educated, who maku It posslblo for them to acquire wealth, who labor side by sido with them In tho field und In tho fac tory nro tholr best frlouds. Force of Habit Mr. Hnlst I wunt a couple of eggs, boiled throo and n half minutes, nnd hurry up nbout It, for I've got to catch Waltor All right, sir They'll be ready in n mlnuto.