The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-05
THE ENGLISH BARD DYING
Lord TennysOn's Condition Suddenly
Assumes a Very Critical Phase.
His Alta ct OF II 1uenza Takes Serious Turn
Scenes ut Haslemere. the Aged Poets Home
Victory for Austrian Riders.
Special to Tire indianapolis Journal.


Special TO Tire indianapolis Journal.
LONDON. Oct. 4.-Lord Tennyson is dy-
ing. DR.. Dabbs, who is in constant at
tendance on the aged poet at Aldworth.
near Haslemere. told your correspondent
at 1880 o'clock tonight. that his
patients condition was very grave.
The 9 o'clock bulletin said:
Lord Tennyson's condition isstlll critical.
He takes food readily. and is not per-
ceptibly weaker" The bulletin issued
shortly before midnight said: Lord
Tennyson's condition is extremely critical.
He Is much weaker. and tskesnourishment
with difficulty"
Lord Tennyson's illness began on Friday.
He suffered from govt for several years,
but the disease has not become acute until
recently. The rapid development of infu-
enza early In the week brought him to his
bed on Friday morning. He was strongly
opposed to yielding to the malady, as the
special train which, for years, has con-
veyed him from Haslemere to the shore OPP
posite his winter home on the Isle of
Wright, had already been ordered.
He begged hard to be allowed
to go. but Sir Andrew Clarke and Dr.
Dabbs told him that the journey could be
made only ut the peril of his life. In
Difference to this warning, as well as to the
wishes of his invalid wife, Tennyson re-
luctantly consented to remain at Hasle-
mere.
Visitors go constantly drought the day
to Haslemtre to read the bulletins as to
Tennyson's condition. These bulletins are
very meagre, owing TO Tennyson's request
on Saturday, when inquiries began TO null
tIply, that as little publicity as possible
be given to the progress or the disease.
III M To- n unnn UAro tha hf n 20
the reporters, but refuses to add
to the scant information which
they contain. The people of ,Aldworth
know almost nothing about TenDyson's
Tennysons in any way. Aldworth is three
miles from the village and one mite from
the nearest house. Not only the poet.
but also his wife and son are
thereabout. The solitude of the place.
however, has been banished since
yesterday noon. Hundreds of kilograms
IF inquiry and sympathy are being re-
ceived from friends and admirers of the
poet. Queen Victoria. Gladstone. the Earl
of Roseberry. Emperor William and hostsof
other persons of worldwide fame are
sending messages and receiving news as to
his condition. The Queen receives reports
three times daily. Tn messages are so
numerous, however, that most of the
lnquirers get answers only through
tss nsw az aia~a as there ss is return mo,
c00y Will
Individual replies. The only persons at
the bedside of the patient are physicians,
who pass practically the whole day snd
night in the house. Lady Tennyson. who is
q chronic invalid, HalIam Tennyson and
bis family.
Austrian Riders Beat the Germans.
BERLIN, Oct. 4.-Lieutenant Miklos. of the
Austrian army. one of the competitors in
the long distance military race, which be-
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the Templehofield at 9 o'clock this morn
ing. He left Vienna at $50 Saturday morn
ing, and was. therefore. three days,
one hour and forty-five minutes
in traversing the distance. He
was the first of the riders.
either German or Austrian, to finish. His
and both animal and rider seemed To be
completely worn out. The Lieutenant
was lifted from his horse and
conducted to the custom house. and
the horse that had so molly dOne
the heavy task i'm posed on him was cared
for by willing hands. The second Austrian
officer to arrive at the German goal was
Lieutenant Csavossy, who finished his ride
and Lieutenant MiKlos started from
the Austrian starting point to-
/ Rether. Miklos. however, beat his
Iellow by one hour and thIrty-five
1 luutC u IL IL kOdls lO-HlkuLe lA
Austrians had completed the ride. over
| twenty million marks has been bet on
the result. Tomorrow will decide who the
vIctors are. Thus tar sixteen German and
down.
A dispatch from Vienna says: Despite
predictions to the contrary Prince Leopold
was the first of the riders to arrive at
| FIorisdorf, the Austrian terminus of the
race. He finished his ride at 7:45 o'clock
this evening. His horse again broke down
after he left Iglau and IL was given an in
| lection of mOrphia before 1T WAS able To
proceed. Thousands of persons were pres
ent at Florisdorf TO welcome HIM.
Piigrimaee of Russians.
Lof.DoN. Sept. 4-The Standards Mos
cow correspondent says: Thirty thou
sand pilgrims have started from the Kren.
lin for Troitsa to celebrate the five-hun-
dredth anniversary of the death of st. Ter
gius. They are accom- panied by one thou
sand of the clergy, bearing sacred sym bOls
and images. The pilgrims are passing the
night in the village of Mitschshij in the
| open air. Their kerosene lamps reveal "a
wretched scene. For three miles along the
road the pilgrims are huddied together in
| groups, sleeping on sacks OF broken bread.
The whole distance 10 forty miles. 1t is ex-
pected that 100000 pilgrims will assemble
at the TrOitsa monastery. COssack regi-
\ meft6 are iedOiiik anu kuaIulnR tue process
sion. ST. ZergIus was the chief actor in
the fourteenth century struggle To throw
oil the Tartar yoke"
Pugiiist Mitchell i'm Jail for Brutality.
LONDON, Oct. 4.-Charles Mitchell, the
p~ugilist, has again got himself in q diff
Guilty. He was arraigned in the Bow-street
Police Court to-day on a charge of assault,
and was remanded. $500 bail beng de-
manded. The victim of the prize-fishter's
brutality this time is George Salvage. the
aged keeper of u lodRing-house In the
Strand. who is now M the Cbaring Cross
Hospital undergoing treatment for the in
lures inflicted upon him by Mitchell. 1t
appears that Mitchell. with q party of men
and women. was standing outside of the
doorway of Salvagc's lodgInx-house. As
Salvage and "a friend emerged from the
bouse Mitchell hit the old man n terrible
blow that knocked him to the ground. The
attack was entirely unDzovoked.