The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-22
CONDITION OF THE QUEEN
THE SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT OF
 YESTERD4Y M4INTAINED.

Tranquil Sleep Secured-Up to
 o'clock This Morning, London Time
 No Change Had Occurred-Queen''
 Rally Astonished the Physicians but
 They Build No r'alse Hopes on It-A
 Belief That She May Live UntiI Thurs
 day-Short Period of Con sciousness.
 Cowes. Jan. 22, 12:15 a. m.-The off cial bulletin issued at midnight from Osborne house announced that there was no material change in the queen condition. The following is the full text of the bulletin:
 ''There is no material change in the queens condition. The slight improve ment of the morning has been main tained throughout the day. Food has been taken fairly well, and some tran- quill sleep secured.
 James Reid,
 "R. Douglass Powell, Thomas Barlow"
 Cowes, Jan. 22, a. m.-Up to this hour no further bulletin has been is- sued. The correspondent of The Asso- ciated Press is informed that the queens condition has undergone no change and she is expected to live un- til Thursday morning unless unexpect- ed complications occur.
 Passing of Yesterday.
 Cowes, Jan. 22, 1 a. m,-Another day in the Victorian era. TOW so rapidly drawing to close, passed without any great change in the condition of Queen Victoria. The slight improvement so frequently mentioned in the official bull letins merely indicates postponement of the inevitable. The end may be matter of days or only of hours, but the members of the royal family who are now dragging out weary visit at Osborne house know that the death of her majesty is merely question of short time.
 The most notable feature of yesterday was the satisfactory portion the queen spent in consciousness, which she re- gained early in the afternoon and still retained at 10 D. m. At that hour she had not seen Emperor William, local lumors to the contrary notwithstand- ing. Royalty at Osborne house thus had a chance to recuperate from the terrible ordeal undergone during the early hours of morning. The correspon- dent of The Associated Press is inform ed that the members of the royal fani- ly were called to a room adjoining the queens bed chamber no less than four times yesterday morning and were kept in momentary expectation of being summoned to witness the end up to halt past five Mer majesty's physician had then only a vestige of hope that they would be able to keep the queens feeble life in existence until the Prince of Wales arrived. To secure this re- suit they resorted to the frequent use of brandy and champagne. These stim- ulants used to an extent which only the greatest emergency justified, work ed their process when the Prince of Wales and Emperor William entered the castle grounds at 11:95. They found the queen a little better than was ex- pected
 The desperate remedies employed Monday morning to enable her majesty to live until her eldest sons arrival will not be used again to the same extent IOI lIlc uOClOIS dlC ltdIlul lHdL lllS remedy must be almost worse than the disease
 They trust to prolong her life by a moderate application of stimulants combined with as much nourishment as can be assimilated. Such expedients a were employed during Sunday evening and Monday morning are not consider ed justifiable.
 NThe queens rally astonished no one { more than her physicians, and when at four yesterday afternoon they heard her ask for chicken broth, their amaze ment almost equalled their delight. Privately, however, they build no false i hopes upon these fading signs of what | has been one of the strongest constitu- tions with which a woman was ever en- dowed
 Despite the favorable afternoon, the doctors dreaded greatly the period be- tween o'clock and midnight. When that was safely passed they seemed hopeful of her majesty's living at least through another day, although the memory of the previous nights relapse kept their anxiety at high tension
 The news of the death, when 1t oc- CUTS, is likely to be publicly announced in London before 1t is announced here, as, according to present arrangements, the first telegram is to be sent to the lord mayor of London
 There is an enormous telegraphic staff In Cowes, and additional facilities were installed yesterday at Osborne. Already the villagers are bewailing the fate that Is likely to befall Cowes, for it is known that the Prince of Wales will probably never make Osborne House a place of residence. There is an entire absence of local ex- The town has settled down In patience and sadness to await the in- evitable. Never has Emperor William arrived at any place in England with so little eclat. No salutes were fired, no ] cheers were given. The men of the l yuardship Australia silently manned f 1er sides. The crowd was equally un- l the people contenting themselves with bareing their heads It | vas a greeting given to the grandson of dying woman rather than to the ruler !, If great ally. T After luncheon at the castle the Prince If Wales, Emperor William and the Duke of Connaught strolled around the grounds and visited the local sailors lome The Bishop of Winchester, who las been at Osborne since Saturday. : ,isited the rector of Whippingham. T Too,, ,l,; ;14 oe T: |