The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-25

Eowes, Isle Of Wight, January o.
1 a. m.-Another day in the Victorian
era, now 80 rapidly drawing to a close,
passed without any great change in
the condition of Queen Victoria. The
sight improvement so frequently men
toned in the official bulletins merely
indicates a postponement of the inevi-
table. The end may be a matter of days
or only hours; but h members of the
royal family who are dragging out a
weary visit az Osborn house know
that the death of her majesty is merely
a question of a short time.
The most notable feature Of yester-
day was the queens return 20 con-
seriousness, which she regained early
in the afternoon and still retained at
10 o'clock p. m AT that hour h had
not seen Emperor William, local ru-
mors to the contrary Notwithstanding.
Royalty at Osborne thus had a chance
to recuperate from the terrible ordeal
undergone during the early hours Of
Monday.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press is informed that the members
of the royal family We're called to d
room adjoining the queens bed cham
Der no less than four times yesterday
morning and were kept in mOmentary
expectation of being summoned to wit
ness the end, up to $50 o'clock. Her
majeSty'S physicians then had only q
Yestige of hope that they would be
49, able to keep the queens feeble life i'll
existence until the prince of Wales ar
rived.
IN. $780, lit ,1-,,l+ +hnx- ,-ncnrta
to the frequent use of brandy and
champagne. These StimulantS, used to
an extent Which only the greatest
justified, worked their
process; and, when n prince of Wales
and Emperor William entered h cas-
tie grounds at 11:30 o'clock a. M, they
found the queen a trifle better than
had been expected.
The desperate remedies employed
Monday morning to enable her males
ty to live until her eldest sons arrival
Will not be used again to the same eX-
tent, for the doctors are fearful that
the remedy might be almost worse
than the disease They trust to pro-
long her life by a moderate applica-
rtiOn of stimulants. combined with as
much nourishment as can be aSsimi-
lated. Such eXpedientS as were en-
plOyed during Sunday evening and
Monday morning are not considered
Unsuitable.
The queens rally astonished no one
more than her physicians, and when,
at 4 O'Clock yesterday afternoon, they
heard her ask for chicken broth the
amazement almost equaled their de-
light. Privately. however, they build
no false hope Upon these fading signs
of n has been one of the strongest
constitutions with which a woman was
ever endowed.
Despite the favorable afternoon, the
readea greatly the period &c
tween 6 O'Clock and midnight. When
that was safely passed they seemed
hopeful of her majesty living at least
through another day, although the
memoir of the previous relapse KEPT
their anxiety at high tension.
The news of the death, when it &C.
ours is likely to be publicly announced
in London before it is here
as, present arrangements, the first tele-
gram is to De sent to the lord mayo;
of London.
There is an enormous telegraphiC
staff in Cowes, and additional facili,
ties were installed yesterday at Os'
borne.
The prince of Wales probably never
will make Osborne house a place Of res.
idence.
The town has settled in patience ant
sadness to await the inevitable.
Never has Emperor William arrived
at any place in England with so littI.
eclat. No salutes were fired, no cheers
were given. The men of the guardshiI
Australia silently manned her sides
The crowd was equally u~ndemonstra,
tive, the people cOntenting themselve:
with barring their heads. 1t was {
greeting given to the grandson of {
of a great ally.
After luncheon at the castle tn
prince of Wales, Emperor William AND
the duke of Connaught, rod around
the grounds and visited the local sail
orS' home.
London. January 21.-The ~dispatche.
received here from nearly every capita
in Europe, from India. Australia, ia,
maica and all the British colonies, shov
the press and people to be sympatheti,
in their comment on the queens illness
The one exception seems to be Belgium
a majority of the Brussels CONNER
is in good taste; but, one pro-Boer pa
per there takes the occasion TO make
q political attack on Great Britain:
South African policy.
a dispatch from Pretoria says the
queens illness has caused a profound
sensation there. Special prayers wer,
offered in all the churches of the gar
rison towns yesterday evening.
Many functions in Great Britain anC
CA lit O. 0SCh
owing to the queens condition. En-
peror francis Joseph has countermand
ed the u ball, at Vienna, fixed TO
this evening.
London, January 21.-A special dis
patch from Cowes, this evening says
Emperor William was admitted to tht
queens presence at about 5 O'Clock
She spoke a few words to him and. af'
ter two or three minutes, he withdrew
The queen took a little nourishmen
n fell asleep in the arms of the
princess of Wales.
Osborne House, Isle of Wight, Jan
uary 21.-The following official bulle.
tins were issued during the day by the
queens physicians, Drs. Reid. r. Doug
las Powell and Thomas Barlow:
I'll a. m.-The queen has slightly
rallied. Since midnight her majesty
has taken more food and has had SOM
refreshing sleep. There is no further
loss of strength. The symptoms which
give rise RI mnSf4 anvi0fu ara fh0c<