The age-herald., 1901-01-21
ENGLANDS INDUSTRIOUS QUEEN LINGERS
 IN THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH
All Hope of Her Recovery Has Van ished The Royal Family is As- sembIed in Her Bedchamber
 and SorrowfullY and Si-
 lentIy Await the End

Cowes, Isle of Wight January a.-7:5o a. m.-The Queen is still alive, but all hopes are gone.
 Cowes Isle of Wight, January a.-5:15 a. m-The members of the royal family are still gathered in room adjoining the Queens bedchamber Her Majesty is un- conscious and the end Is expected at any moment.
 Cowes, January 21.A a. m.-No official bulletin has been issued since midnight.
 Doubts are expressed as to whether the Prince of Wales and Emperor William will arrive here before the end.
 An enormous crowd of newspaper report CTS and others, with carriages, bicycles and lanterns, has called at the lodge gates, waiting in intense anxiety to convey the news momentarily expected that the Queen has passed away.
 Cowes, Isle of Wight, January H.-3:45 a. m.-Everybody is up in Osborne House and terrible anxiety pervades all quarters. If the Queen lives until Tuesday she will surprise heN doctors who have been fear ing that she will not be able to survive be- yond 5 o'clock this morning.
 The latest bulletin with its fateful news, was issued too late for it to become common knowledge hereabouts. The exclusive in- formation of the Associated Press obtained an hour earlier Is still less a matter of pub lie knowledge.
 London, January a.-The Daily Chronicle has received the following dispatch from Cowes:
 ''The Queen Is reported to be sinking fast. The rector of Whippingham was summoned at midnight, and he has just arrived in one of the Queens carriages"
 London, January H.-2'a. m.-The Press Association at London has received the fol- lowing dispatch:
 Cowes, January 21.-2 a. m.-The Queen is in a comatose condition and is regarded as passing away.
 Cowes, Ilse of Wight, January 21.-12:25 a. m.-So far as her immediate safety is concerned, the Queens extreme weakness causes more alarm than the paralysis. Much difficulty has been experienced in administering nourishment, for she appears quite unable to masticate To this weakness are probably due the long spells of uncon- sciousness through which she has been passing, although it is almost impossible to distinguish these from the insidious en- croachments of paralysis.
 For more than a week the court attend ants have had work to prevent her from sleeping at the wrong time. The last time she drove out the villagers were astounded to hear the clear treble of the son of the trt11 ont songs from the royal carriage The ex- planation is that he was singing to keep his grandmother awake. Now and then she dozed, waking to tell the boy to continue his chant, which to the uninftiated onlooker contained world of pathos.
 Yesterday at Osborne, hedged around with intense secrecy began with touching scene. Amid the bright sunshine, in marked contrast to the gloomy skies of Saturday, there drove out of the palace grounds carriage containing wreaths for the Prince of Battenberg, about ten minutes ride from the royal residence. Then followed carriages containing the Princess of Wales, the Princess of Battenberg, Princess Louise and others, all dressed in the deep est black. The face of the Princess of Wales showed signs of the anxiety she was undergoing.
 The annual memorial service for Prince Henry, always a sad occasion, was more than usually sorrowful, for the shadow of a still greater bereavement was uppermost in all minds. The Princess of Wales and the Princess of Battenberg sobbed bitterly and there was scarcely one of those heads bent in prayer that did not shake with a grief which could not be suppressed.
 The departure of the Prince of Wales for London shortly after 12 o'clock to meet Emperor William was quietly accom- plished. The Queen had been informed of the Kaiser's coming and had signified her desire that the Prince should go to meet him. Rather against his will, the man who for the moment was practically King of England obeyed his mothers wishes. It was rumored that the Queen wanted the Emperor to postpone his visit to Osborne House, as she did not wish to receive him in her present condition. Apparently in her lucid moments, she believed that she would be able to conquer the dread disease which had fastened itself upon her.