The age-herald., 1901-01-20

London, January 20, $50 a. m. A dis patch to, the Press Association from Cowes
 understands on good authority that the
 Queens condition is critical
 London, January 2O.-(S:30 a. m.)-A dis
 patch to the Exchange Telegraph Com
 pany from Cowes says
 Tt is learned unofficially this morning
 that the Queen was alive at 7:15 o'clock. Her
 condition is extremely grave and hopes are
 growing fainter.'
 Cowes, Isle of Wight, January 19.-Md-
 night.-The Queen of England lies at deaths door. She was stricken with pa-
 ralyss tonight. Reuters Telegraph Com
 pany understands that the Prince of Wales
 has received authority to act in Her Mai
 esty's stead and thus has been created
 practical, though not constitutional, re-
 gency.
 Cowes, January 20. 2:10 a. m.-The Prince of Wales will go to London this morning,
 
 meet Emperor William Whether the Elm peror will proceed to Osborne depends upon the result of this interview Cowes, Isle of Wight, January 19.-(Mid- night. "A local rumor, purveyed by Os- borne House employees, declares that the Queen cannot live until Monday, but this receives no official confirmation, though 1t is admitted that it is scarcely even likely that the Queen, if she recovers at all, will regain the use of those vigorous faculties which have distinguished her among the women of all time.
 Gathered at her bedside are the Prince and Princess of Wales, Princess Louise and other members of the royal family, while MT. Ritchie, the secretary of state of home affairs, officially represents the cab met. Lord Salisbury is in constant tele- phonic communication with Osborne House. The arrival of Emperor William and oth- CT members of the royal family is anxiously awaited.
 For three days the Queen has been kept strictly to herself The last time she drove out in Cowes the rain beat down heavily upon her. Even the natives who have grown to look upon Her Majesty as an or dinary body, have noticed that she looked
 more delicate and shrunken than ever-a mere shadow of her former self, yet with feminine persistence forbade those around her to say that she was ill., and so, with dogged determination, she fought off the ravages that worry over the Boer war, the | deaths in her own family and her increas- l ing years have brought upon her. But | against the ruthless hand of nature even 1 the imperial resolve of the ruler of the great empire proved futile and with a pitt 1 full realization of the inevitable she has l shut herself off from her entourage. For 1 two nights she dined alone and never stir l red from the apartment she occupied at l Osborne
 l She Would Not Listen. 1 Humbly, for this oman ruled her court l with no uncertain hand, her court officials 1 implored her to seek medical advice. These messages she steadfastly ignored and l though tonight her condition is admitted to l be most serious there are only in attend | ance Drs Powell and Reid. Doubtless the 1 Prince of Wales will tomorrow secure addi-
 tional medical talent.
 l Her Majesty lies hepless and almost
 speechless in her bed at Osborne house sur
 rounded by every comforr. l Fruit, flowers, ice and all the accessories l of modern medicine are at hand. Osborne l House is buried amidst a gloomy park oi 1 frs. It is brightly lit outside The wind 1 comes up from the channel and surges l through the trees like death dirge. A mile away stands the lodge.
 Beyond bulletins nothing official is obtain l able. Not soul connected in any way l with Osborne House seems to believe that her Majesty can survive this attack. In 1 fact the announcement of her death IS awaited with something approaching equa-
 nimity. Never in the memory of her sub-
 iects has the Queen been ill before and I 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 te recover The village wiseacres who have 1 seen her from girlhood wag their heads and say it is sad day for England.
 Authoritative Information.
 The information obtained by Reuters
 Telegraph Company to the effect that it is | paralysis from which the Queen is suffer- | ing is based on the highest authority. By
 Monday it is likely that the truth will be 1 announced.
 The extreme weakness of the Queen. the