Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-01-24
QUEEN OF ENGLAND DEAD.
Condensed Dispatches Telling Of Her
Last Days.

Last Days.
LONDON, Jan. 22.-The queen is
dead. This report is official.
COWES. Jan. 22.-The time OF the
queens death is officially announced
as having occurred at $3.50 p. m.
COWES,e Isle of Wight. Jan. 81.
5: Is a. m.-The members of the royal
family are stlll gathered in room
adjoining the queens bedchamber.
Her majesty is unconscious and the
end is expected at any moment.
CoWES. Isle of Wight, Jan 81. 8
a. m.-All hope for the survival of
the queen longer than few hours
has been abandoned. Her majesty is
in comatose condition and all men,
bers of the royal family present at
Osborne are gathered around her
bedside. The following bulletin was
issued from Osborne House at noon:
THE queen has slightly rallied
Since midnight her majesty has ta-
ken more food and had some refresh
ing sleep. There is no further loss
of strength. The symptoms which
give rise to the most anxiety are those
which point to local obstruction in
the brain circulation. Powerful stim-
ulants are being administered to pro-
long her majesty's life, but it is not
thought she will survive more than
n few hours"
COWES, Jan. 21.-The kaiser and
prince of Wales arrived at 1875 a.
m. and went at once to Osborne
House.
The prince of Wales and Emperor
William were taken to the queens
bedside at 80 this afternoon. AT
that hour the queen was barely alive.
COWES, Jan. 21.-The queens
slight rally of this morning was fol
lowed by gradual sinking which. If
continued. will result in her speedy
death. No surprise will be felt here
if her death is announced at any mo-
ment. Shortly before this announce
many and the prince of Wales and
their party drove to Osborne House
a good sized crowd met them as they
disembarked at Cowes. Naturally
there was no cheering, but the men
present took their hats of and the
German emperor cordially and fire.
quently responded by bowing. They
drove to Osborne House in open car
riages. The prince of Wales appear
ed to be half dozing, and the duke of
fork's eyes were red, while the duch-
ess of Connaught did not cease cry
ing. There was intense relief at Os-
borne House upon the arrival of the
imperial and royal party, for several
times during the course of the morn
ing it was feared the queen would not
live to hear of the prince of Wales
return.
LONDON. Jan. 21.-The queen real
ly broke down on Jan. 2, the day Lord
Roberts returned from South Africa.
The steamship bringing him to South.
hampton. which is just across the Sol
ent from Osborne, was stopped before
docking and Roberts was commanded
to report Immediately to her. The
gallant old soldier bowed the knee
to his sovereign, was loaded with
honors and then placed on the witness
stand. II is no secret that much of
the bad news from the war has been
kept from the queen during the past
few months. She commanded Rob-
erts to speak out plainly and asked
him dozen questions. Then the
aged monarch learned for the first
time all the horrors of the Boer
war and of the enormous British loss
from bullets and disease. Lord Rob-
erts answered the queens questions
with sorry bluntness; the queen grew
almost hysterical and wept over the
suffering of her soldiers when she
learned that the campaign must last
some time longer with further losses.
After the departure of Lord Roberts
the queen grew hysterical and called
up Lord Salisbury over the telephone,
and in excited tones ordered him to
stop the war Immediately. The royal
entourage could not stop her. The
queen declared that she could not per-
init the awful war to continue another
day. Secretary Broderick made dip
answers and said that he
would see Lord Salisbury Then the
queen sent number of kilograms in
her own name to various persons high
in authority, all being of the same
tenor. There was much excitement
in government circles and Lord Sails
bury was quickly informed by the
queens attendants of her condition,
and he succeeded in counteracting the
effect of the queens kilograms by dip
lomatic messages explaining her mai.
esty's sad state. There are reports
that the queen had telegraphed to
persons outside of England, endeav-
oiing to stop the war Immediately.
That day marked the beginning of
her mental collapse. Her physical
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