The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-21
All Members Of Royal Family at
Her Majesty's Bedside.
BULLETINS ARE OPTIMISTIC
Wonderful Stamina Displayed by
This Remarkable Woman in
Withstanding the Rava-
ges Of Disease.

Cowes, Isle of Wight, Jan. 20.-The
queen Of England lies at deaths door.
She was stricken with paralysis Satur-
day night. Reuters Telegraph company
understands that the Prince Of Wales
has received authority to act in her mai
esty's stead and thus has been created a
practical though not constitutional re-
gency.
A local rumor, purveyed by Osborne
House employees, declares that the queen
cannot live another day, but this receives
no official confirmation, though 1t is ad-
mitted that it is scarcely even likely that
the queen, if she RECEIVERS at all, will re-
gain 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 Mr.. Richie, the secretary of state
for home affairs, officially represents the
cabinet. Lord Salisbury is in constant
telephone communication with Osborne
House, and it is rumored that he has ar
rived at Osborne, but this does not ap-
pear to be true.
For three days the queen has been
she drove out in Cowes the rain beat
down heavily upon her. Even the ma
tives who have grown to look upon her
majesty as an ordinary body have no.
ticed that she looked more delicate and
shrunken than ever q mere shadow of
her former self, vet with feminine per-
sstenee the qHefe5n fdahrh efdhefte d6cite
| that she is never III, and so with dogged
determination she fought off the ravages
| that worry over the Boer war, the
deaths in her own family and her in
| creasinp years have brought upon hef.
Rut against the ruthless hand of nature
| even the imperial resolve of the ruler OF
| the greatest empire proved futile, ana
with n pitiful realization of the ineylta-
| ble she shut herself off from her en-
tourase. For two nights she dined alone
and never stirred from the apartments
| she occupied at Osborne.
wouldn't Follow Advice.
Humbly, for this tiny woman rules hel
court with no uncertain hand, her couf'
officials implored her to seek medlca
advice. These messages she steadfastl!
ignored, and, though her condition Is al
mitted to be most serious, there are onl!
in attendance Drs. Powell and Reid
Doubtless the Prince of Wales VIII Sc
cure additional medical talent.
Her majesty lies helpless and almos
speechless in her bed in Osborne 1ous
surrounded by every comfort. fruits
flowers. ice and all the accessories
modern medicine are at hand. Osborn
House is buried amidst Il gloomy park. 0
frs. 1t is brightly lit outside. The win
comes up from the channel and surge
through the trees like death dirge.
mile away stands the lodge. Beyond 1t
,, portals none hut the household can pass
On them, without the sovereign's know
edge. are posted bulletins announcing he
condition.
Beyond the bulletins nothing official
+ nbtainablc. but not a soul connected
nny way with Osborne House seems
believe that her majesty can survive til
attack. In fact, locally the announc
, mcnt of her death is awaited with som
. thing approaching equanimity. Never
the memory of her subjects has the que'
heen i'll before, and now that at her a
yauced age she has been stricken
seems to those who have lived around h
0 that it is impossible for her to recove
T. The village wiseacres who have seen
c from girlhood wag their heads and say
t is a sad day for England.
q Paralysis the Latest.
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