The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-24
QUEEN AT DEATHS DOOR
indications That the End Is Not
Far Off.

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Cowes, Isle of Wight, Jan. 90
The queen of England lies at deaths
door. She was stricken with paral-
ysis last night. Reuters Telegraph
company understands that the Prince
of Wales has received authority to
act in her majesty's stead, and thus
has been created practical, though
not constitutional, regency.
Gathered at her bedside are the
Prince and Princess of Wales, Prin-
cess Louise and other members of
the royal family, while Mr.. Richie,
the secretary of state for home af-
fairs, officially represents the cabi-
net. Lord Salisbury is in constant
telephone communication with Os-
borne house and it was rumored that
he had arrived at Osborne house, but
this does not appear to be true.
The arrival of Emperor William
and other members of the royal fam
lily is anxiously awaited.
Beyond the bulletins, nothing off
cial is obtainable; but not,a soul con-
nected in anyway with Osborne
itSosoC oCSllS w OSII0NC lila u0I llISl-
jesty can survive this attack. In
fact, locally, the announcement of
her death is awaited with something
approaching equanimity. Never in
the memory of her subjects has the
queen been i'll before, and now that
at her advanced age she has been
stricken it seems to those who have
lived around her that it is impossible
for her to recover.
London, Jan. 20.-The specific mall
ady from which the queen is suffer-
ing is of an intestinal character, and
it is generally understood that the
trouble Is of cancerous nature,
which, OF course, precludes all hopes
OF recovery. 1t is malady similar to
the one with which the Empress
Frederick is afflicted, and it was a
cancerous disease that likewise car
ried off the Duke of Coburg, second
son of the queen. last summer.
London, Jan. 20.-Those Britishers
who have persistently opposed the
Roer war charge the queens condi-
ton to what they call ''this giant
folly" They declare unequivocally
that her majesty has been sacrificed
to the laundering diplomacy of her
ministers. There is not the least
doubt that the war, with it's long
train of horrors, has been princi-
pally responsible for the empires
pending apprehension and grief. The
queens own grandson, Prince Chris
tan, gave his life for the country.
Many of those closely associated
with the sovereign have lost near
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front.
Cowes, Isle of Wight, Jan. 22.-
Another day in the Victorian era,
now so rapidly drawing to a close,
passed with out any great change
in the condition of Queen Vivtoria.
The slight improvement so frequent
ly mentioned in the official bulletins
merely indicates a postponement OF
the inevitable. The end may be a
matter of days or only of hours;
hut the members of the royal fam
fly who are now dragging out q
weary visit at Osborne house know
that the death of their majesty is
merely a question of short time.
The most noticeable feature of yes
'erday was the satisfactory portion
the queen spent in consciousness,
which she regained early in the aft
ernoon and still retained at 10 p. m
The correspondent of the Associ-
ated Press is Informed that the mem.
bers of the royal family were called
to room adjoining the queens bed.
chamber no less than four times yes.
terday morning, and were kept in
momentary expectation of being
summoned to witness the erfd up to
$3.50. Her majesty's physicians then
Lad only vestige of hope that they
would be able to keep the queens
feeble pulse in existence until the
Prince of Wales arrived.