New-York tribune., 1901-01-20
INTENSIFIED PUBLIC ALARM.
EFFECT OF THE OFFICIAL BULLETINS UPOH
THE BRITISH PEOPLE.

EFFECT OF THE OFFICIAL BULLETINS UPON
THE BRITISH PEOPLE.
London, Jan. 19.-The official lulletin issued
from Osborne House at noon to-day was so COM
pletely contradictory of the intmations pre-
viously given to the newspaper correspondents
that 1t naturally intensified the public alarm
This was accentuated when it became generally
known that the Prince of Wales had started for
Cowes at 1:3O p. m. The Princess Of Wales and
the Duke of York proceeded to Osborne this
afternoon.
The bulletin from Osborne House issued at
noon was posted at the Mansion House at
o'clock and attracted crowds - people whose
faces sufficiently attested their deep concern.
Tie people thereafter hung around in knots
discussing the bulletin and waiting further news
During the course of the afternoon sinister
rumors began to circulate of the death of Her
Majesty. but at D. m. Lord Edward Pelfa
Clinton the Master Of the Queens Household
telegraphed TO buckingham Palace that the
Queens condition was unchanged since the noon
bulletin was issued.
The departure of the Duke Of Cambridge Tor
Paris this morning was taken as indicative OF
an improvement in Her Majestys condition
Sir Francis Henry Laking, surgeon to Her
Majesty, who was summoned to Osborne yester-
day returned to London yesterday evening, and
But he went to Osborne again tonight
London, Jan. 20.-The official bulletins regard
ing the Queen posted at the Mansion House and
Marlborough House Saturday. were read with
evident anxiety and eagerly discussed by the
large crowds constantly surrounding them until
a late hour of the night At the clubs the last
bulletin saying there was a slight improve
ment' was received with some incredulity' as
more than one private telegram was shown eX-
pressing the most unfavorable view OF the prog
ress of Her Majesty's illness.
Among the ominous items Of news of the even
ing was the statement that the Right Rev. Ran
dali Thomas Davidson, D. D.. Bishop of Win
chester had been summoned and had reached
Osborne late last night.
Some of the newspapers issued editions as late
as ii o'clock and these were eagerly bought
They contained, however. nothing to satisfy the
panied interest with which they were perused
The Duke of York was at York House late IN
the evening when it was announced that ne was
not going TO Osborne until to-day.
Besides giving columns filed with the latest
scraps Of information concerning Her MaJestys
condition. the movements of members Of the
Royal family and persons connected with the
Court. all this mornings newspapers reflect the
fears of the nation of fatal termination Of the
illness which has so unexpectedly stric Ken
down the aged monarch. They dwell at length
upon the deep love and reverence which the
people cherish for the sovereign who so long
has guided the Ship of State. THE Sunday
Times says:
The news from Osborne House in the last few
hours has sent a thrill Of anxiety not only
throughout these realms. but wherever the cleo
trio wire has flashed the intelligence There
will be keen suspense and anxiety among her
subjects until it is known that she is out OF
danger. Queen Victoria is not only revered by
her upODle without
most universally beloved living monarch Even
the countrv's nresent enemy KRUGER. the con-
sequences Of whose fatal ultmatum caused no
small part of Her Majesty's sunerings, has fire.
ouently spoken admiringly of her. Whatever
may be thought the Continent about our
countrym4n, the Queen is an object of venera,
tion- and respect; and it would excite universal
sorrow were Her Majesty now TO pass away.
The Sunday Sun" says:
There never was a time when the Queen was
more beloved Never has she been so near her
peope in the course OF her long reign as during
the course of the which has knit the en-
pire together. 1t is impossible FOR any one TO
seriously consider England and the English
without the august presence OF one VINO mas en-
deared herself to her people in pecuhar man
ner and to a degree unattainable by the SOW
ereign of any other land.
THE Sunday Special says:
Under the circumstances. the nation may
mourn for the sovereign they have lost, but
surely, the sovereign is as happy in her death
as in life. nor has there ever been ruler more
wished to be his the noblest a or woman
can desire: "She tried to do her duty"
'Iloyd's Weekly London Newspaper says:
History will proclaim, in the words of the
poet She wrought her people lasting good"
There can be no gainsayng the fact that the
people in return love the Queen sovereign
was ever loved before.
The Observer says:
The temporary deprivation Of Her Majesty's
guidance and counsel in the present circun-
! ha arin to he
ment. 1t is well known that she has personally
! exercised a profound influence the policy of
/ the country, both internal and external If her
| health should, unhappily, necessitate tempo
/ rary REIMBURSEMENT OF the cares and exhausting
routine OF the State may console ourselves
! that she has marked out a path of duty which
/ her representative, will only have follow to
/ achieve assured success.
EXAMINED THE QUEENS EYES.
! Royalty has been having it's eyes overhauled