The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-20
ENGLAND'S QUEEN
AT DEATHS DOOR
Stricken With Paralysis
Last Night.
ALMOST SPECIFIES.
Her Majesty Lies at Osborne House
Surrounded by Family.
PRINCE OF WALES REGENT.
He HIS Received Authority to Act i'll
tho Qncen's Stead-There Is
Little Hope of Her Living
Until Monday, and
the Land Is Grief
Stricken,
THE LATEST BULLETIN.
CoWEs, ISLE OF WIGHT, jan
uary 1910 A. M.-The
Queens condition is unchanged.

(Er AssocIated Press.p

tBy Associated PreSS.)
CCWES, ISLE OF WIGHT, Jan. 19-
midnight-The Queen of England lies at
deaths door. She was stricken with
paralysis tonight Reuters Telegraph
Company understands that the Prince of
Wales has received authority to act in
Her Majesty's stead. and thus has been
created a practical. though not constitu-
ticna, regency.
y local rutnor purveyed by Osborne
House employees declares that the Queen
cannot live until Monday, but this re
ceives no official continuation Though
it is admitted that it is scarcely even
likely that the Queen. if she recovers at
all, will regain the use Of those vigorous
faculties which have distinguished her
among the women Of all time.
At HEIR BEDSIDE.
Gathered at her bedside are the Prince
and Princess of Wales, Princess Louise.
and other members of the royal family,
while Mr.. Ritchie, the Secretary of State
for Home Affairs, officially represents the
Cabinet.
Lord Salisbury is in constant tele-
graphic communication with Osborne
House and it is was rumored that he
slad arrived at Crborue but this does not
appear to be true
The arrival of Emperor William and
other members Of the royal family is
auxiGusly awaited. For three days the
Queen has been kept strictly to herself
The last time she drove cut in Cowes the
rain beat Town heavily F9olt Ger;
Even the natives, who nave gfJWu TO
look upon Her Majesty as an ordinary
body. have noticed that She looked more
delicate aud sllrunken than ever-a mere
shadow of her former self-yet, with femi-
nine persistence. the Queen forhslde those
around her to say that she was ILL.,
DOGGED DETERMINATIONS.
The Queen Victorian tradition and ell
n11ette decree that she is never Ill; ana so.
with logged determination, she fought oil
the ranges that worry over the Boef war,
the deaths in her own family and her m
creasing years have brought upon her.
But against the ruthless hand OF nature
even the imperial resol-e OF the ruler OF
the great Empire proved futile, and. with
II pitfful realization OF the inevitable, she
shut herself off from her encourage
For two nights she dined alone and
never stirred from the apartments she
ooc,Fniad at Osborne. HuuIbly, for this
woman rules her court with no uncertain
hand. her court officials tmnlored her 10
seek medical advices; these messages sne
steadfnstly ignored, and, though to-nisnt
her condition is admitted to be most serl-
Gus. there are only in attendance DOCTORS
Powell and Reid
ALMOST sPE-ECGHI EJsS-
Doubtless the Prince Of Wales VIII, 10
morrow. secure additional medical talent.
10. Majesty lies helpless and almost
sDeechless in her bed in OSBORNE 1lotsse'
surrounded by every comfort
T.r,Iits. flowers, ice and all the accesso-
,ies of modern medicine are at hand-
osborne House lies buried amid 4 gloomy
forest of frs. 1t is brightly lit outside:
The wind comes UP from the Cnaiiei
and surges through the trees 'ike d
dsath dirSe- a mile away seanas ttie
lodge, beyond its portals nuone pue the
members of the household can pass
Without Her Majesty's knowledge bui-
letins are posted announcing her condi-
tionL Bevond the bulletin nothing IS
known But not a soul connected Win
osborne House believes that Her NIL
instv can survive this attack. The an
nouncerncnt of her death is awaited WITH
something approaching equinimity Never
in the memory of her subjects has the
Queen been i'll before, and now at her
advanced age she has been stricken, 1t
seems to those who have lived around
her that it is impossible for her TO re-
cover.
The village wiseacres. who have seen
Her Majesty from girlhood, was their
heads tonight and say It is sad daF
for England
sTfMULANTs ADMINISTERED
The official bulletins may safely De de-
scribed as optimistic Their yasueness in
describing the Queens aitment may be
accepting as merely official evasions OF
the facts.
The information obtained by Reuters
Telegraph Company to- the effect that 1t
I is paralysis from which the Queen is
suffering is based upon the highest posi-
BILE authority BY Monday it is likely
tnat the TRUTH win be announced TO the
nation. The extreme weakness of Her
Majesty ana the loss of her faculties ap-
pear to be a present the chief cause for
anxiety. Stimulants are being freely adj
ministered.
In this connection Reuters telegraph
to Judge. the Queens present serious con-
dition vas precipated by intense worry
over tue losses and hardsh.ps suffered by
the British troops In South AFRICA. tre-
ouently she has remarked to court at
tacnes that another war would Kill her.
In this connection Reuters eiesraph
Company learns that she was most sert-
o,,siy i'll When last at Balnoral in the
autumn. No word of this became public.
h,rt il appears that she was then almost
diving. though that rigorous etiquette
! which she imposes alike upon her family
and attendants prevented her condition
! being even spoken of as dangerous
The present stroke Is a sequel to that
which occurred at BalmoraI II she sur
wives. she Will be not only the longest
lived monarch In Engtand's history. oat
also the possesser of the most marvellous
constitution with which woman was
ever endowed.
- SAD coINcIDEsNcN
| locally it is taken to be sad cosnci-