, 1901-01-22
QUEENS ILLNESS
NO HOPE FOR THE AGED MON
ARcH's RECOVERY THIS
TIME.
The Story for Her Sickness-Said to
Be in a Comotose Condition for
Days-Causes of Her Prostitution
Deceptive News Given Out to the

New York, Jan. 21.-A dispatch t.
the World from London says: You
correspondent has obtained from 6
source within court circles the first
comprehensive and actual account O.
the queens illness that has been giver
cut. The facts given place the illness
CT the queen in a startling and pathetic
light.
They show that her mind has been
falling for many mounths, even before
her visit to Ireland. She had been a
mentle wreck for months. Whenever
it was officially announced that she
made felicitous responses to speeches
at public functions it is a matter OF
cold fact that the poor old queen was in
such a daze that all she could say to
her companions was: Where am ~
Several times when she has ap.
prared in public during the past IL or
eight months she has fallen asleep.
SeniIe Decay Her Affliction.
Had it been any one else but fhe
c"een Of England it woull have been
plain long ago that the mainty vas
senile decay. And that truthtu'ly is
what afflicts Victoria. But for her
physical breaking up of the past week,
All attack of paralysis in the left side,
it would have been possible for the
court and the royal household to / ave
kept from the British people kLcwl.
edge of her metal decay for an irdef.
mite period. For the queen had LAP
of intellectual vigor. but these were
more distressing to her than her per.
iCds of mental density.
When her brain was clear she i'm.
E'ediately reverted to the horroc: of
the war in South Africa. Again and
again she harped upon the war. This
war, which she strove with all her
power to avert, made the last no rs of
England's queen, who reigned ha PLY
longer than most men live, most
wretched and miserable. In her lucid
intervals it haunted her necessarily
The queens strong constitution
manifested the first symptoms OF ser
ious decay during the stay of the court
ut Windsor in November and Deem,
her of 1899, when evil tidings Of the
South African war which begaa the
previous October began to arrive In
rapid succession.
The queen did not look for any ser
ious disaster to her army. She expect
ed nothing but a series of quick, easy
victories. Instead, disaster followed
disaster every few days.
Never Forgave Butler.
General Butler, before leaving Eng
land for the South African campaign
assured the queen that the war would
be difficult but not dangerous"
In consequence the news of the many
reverses came to her with added Sc
WHY oh z tLdl DIG Adu DtSil ut
ceived and forgave Butler.
When his name was submitted TO hel
for a visit to Windsor after his return
from South Africa she stroked i
through with her pen.
1t was at this time that the queer
had the fits of crying in an aggravated
form which Immediately precedel he
present critical illness.
The assassination of the kline o
italy last July shocked her deeply.
The news of the illness of her e;des
child, Empress Frederick, added great
ly to her distress, and the fact that she
vas physically unable to visit the EN-
press and see her before either dice
made her nervous and excitable.
Later came the death of her secont
son, the Duke Of Goth;
tEdinburgh), which in a few week:
was followed by the death of hel
grandson, Prince Christian Victor, sol
o. her daughter, Helena, wife of Primo,
Christian Of Schleswig-H olstein.
"Mr. Kruger Won't Kill Me-"
The prospect of an indefinite prolon
cation of the war was a trial unde,
which her health again began to sinl
III November last. Her spirit remain
ed undaunted and when 1t was report
ed that President Kruger had sad tn,
war would claim her as one of It's vic
Tins the queen declared: II may die
Tut Mr.. Kruger will not kill me-"
F%eebIeness Increased.
In December her feebleness increas
ed. Sleepless nights were passed il
prayer and tears, causing the most pro
found anxiety to her encourage.
The queen lost her appetite and be