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

OhhCA VI ~ 40ccH pnySlclauS,
Thomas Barlow, reached Osborne ous
this morning.
Sir Thomas Barlow is ceieDrateo
authority on cerebral aeections and
doubtless. his diagnosisfed 10 n in
ciusion in the noon balietln OF n e4-
PLANTATION of references previously made
to symptoms. the dature of which were
not specified.
"5 d. m.-The slight improvement of
this morning is maintained"
Cowes. isle of Wight 1920 p. m.-Ths
following is the full ext OF the mid
night bulletin posted at Osborne house:
There is no material change in h
queens condition. The slight improve
ment of the morning has been MAIN
tanned throughout the day. Food has
been taken fairly well n some tran
quill sleep secured"
PARALYSIS EXTENDING To VI
TAI PARTS.
Cowes, January q. ,4:35 p. ma slight
Improvement is said to be visible in
the queens condition, but there is no
hppe Of anything but a fatal ending.
Tae night is awaited with the greatest
anxiety. Paralysis is spreading to vital
parts. Nourishment is being artificial
ly administered. The palace is packed.
There is scarcely room for the emperor
of Germany and his staff. With the ex-
ception of the newspaper correspond
ents, there are only a few people out
side the gates. Inquiries from all
parts of the world continue to pour in.
London, January 21.-A dispatch from
Ostend says h arrangements for the
departure of the king of the Belgarians
for England have been countermanded.
EMPRESS FREDERICK TO ILL TO
GO TO THE QUEEN.
Berlin, January 21.-The Morddeuts-
h Allgemeine Zeitung makes the fol-
lowing announcement:
"Dowager Empress Frederick, because
still seriously ill, is, to her very great
sorrow, prevented from going to Os-
borne to meet her exalted mother"
London, January 21.-The secretary
of state for home affairs, Mr.. G. T.
Richie, who a temporarily left Os-
borne, has been summoned to return
there.
London, January %. $3.50 a.. m.-Em-
peror William is spending the night at
Osborne. where accommodations are Sc
severity taxed that the Battenburg
children slept Monday night at Lord
Gort's residence. East Cowes castle,
and the royal yachts at Cowes are be-
ing fitted up for the accommodation of
visitors.
The queens illness was SO sudden
and in the first onset. was expected to
be SO brief that no arrangements were
made for the posting and circulation of
bulletins. An agitation is on foot to
have them posted Immediately in all
postofficeS throughout the United
Kingdom. AT present the provinces
have no means of knowing anything
except from the newspapers, and the
result is that all kinds OF baseless ru-
morS are circulated.
Up to a late hour last evening crowds
were gathered in the vicinity of Buck
ingham palace and Marlborough house,
and there was a constant stream of
persons anxious to enter their names
on the visitors books.
On all sides it is a tale of public and
private engagements and functions
postponed and a settled gloom rests
over all classes of society. The news
paper editorials reflect this feeling and
the suspense the country is enduring,
together with the qualification and con-
ISOLATION derived from the sympathy
testified on all sides of the abroad.
London, January 21.-The inner cir
Gle of the cabinet mas been ir session
.his afternoon in connection with tbs
Ufficial procedure in the event of her
majesty's death.
Berlin, January %, / D. m.-The for
eign office has received informa:i1n
since Emperor Williams arrival AZ
Osborne house that the condition cf the
queen is hopeless.
Inc Associated RTeSS learns It.3S tne
object of the emperor'S visit was to GE-
liver special parting messages Oh be-
ha1f Of himself and his mother but Il IS
Lelieved at the British embassy here
that the queen has been unconscious
since Wednesday night.
London. January %. $3.50 a. m.-A
special train is held in readiness tc
| convey the members of the cao.nat t.
Osborne at any moment. Thus fur il
has not hp6n r-pnnirpd.
no CHANGE AT 5 O'CLOCK THIS
MORNING.
Cowes, Isle of Wight, January =,
a MP to this hour no further bull
letin has been issued. The CORRESPOND
ent of the Associated Press here is in,
formed that the queens condition hl:
undergone no change.
The queen is expected to live unit
Thursday morning unless unexpected
complications occur.
London, January %, sos a. m.-Tht
Cowes correspondent of The Daily Elk
press learns unofficially, that the queer
has taken nourishment freely since
midnight.
London, January %, S:37 a. ma,
official bulletin issued at Osborne hous'
| at s o'clock
THE queen this morning shows sign: