The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-25

of the queen will be removed from Us
borne House on Feb. l. 1t was the ex-
pressed desire of the queen that the flu
neral should be military in character.
Several officials have arrived ut Cowes
from Windsor bringing the state regalia.
1t was carried in baize bag.
A naval salute of p guns was fired at
|. Cowes at noon in honor Of King Edward
VII.
King Edward, escorted by a squadron
of the Horse guards and accompanied by
the Duke of York, Prince Christian OF
Sleswick- Holstein, the Duke of Sake
Coburg and Gotha and others, left Mari
borough House at II o'clock to take the
train for Osborne.
A royal salute in celebration Of his
| maiesty's accession was fred at noon in
st. James park.
At Cowes an eXpectant crowd hned
| Trinity pier as the royal yacht Alberta,
| with King Edward on board. turned the
point, and the first gun of the royal sa-
lutte Numbered from the British warship
Australia All the flags hitherto half
masted were hauled down, marking the
suspension of mourning till the king had
landed. The depressing surroundings
were somewhat lightened by the presence
of the naval and military statfs i'll bril-
liant uniforms.
The king landed at 2:45 p. m. In ac-
acknowledgement of the silent greetings OF
the people he frequently raised his nat.
He came ashore with the Duke of Con-
naught and drove to Osborne House,
where Emperor William met him at the
gates and warmly greeted him.
Immediately after the king landed the
flags were again half masted
, His majesty was somewhat careworn,
but otherwise appeared to be in excellent
health. During the crossing he was
busily engaged with state dispatches and
kilograms of sympathy and in debating
replies.
Emperor Williams movements are MOI
l settled. He will attend the funeral, but
+. nerhaps will first return to Germany.
The imperial yacht Hohenzollern, will
the crown prince of Germany, Frederick
William, on board, will soon be here.
: The Queens Illness.
The British Medical Journal publishe!
: nm authoritative account of the last i'll
! ness of Queen Victoria. 1t says thu
! queens health for a year had been fail
ing, with symptoms mainly of dyspepti
kind. accompanied hy impaired nutrition
= and periods of insomnia, and later Their
: : were slight transitory attacks of aphasia
:. In the general artcrial system there wer
!, remarkably few signs of age.
: After alluding to the symptoms of SON
Violence increasing the cerebral eXhaus
" tion which her majesty's strong Will el
: abled her to hide from momentary Wis
: TORS The Medical journal says tina
), Thursday her mental confusion was NOR
marked and Il slight tlutterng was oil
: served in the right side of her face.
Thenceforward aphasa, or facial pa
Il alysis. was permanent. it is importal
y y to note, The Medical Journal adds, I'll;
y, Notwithstanding the great bodily veal
ness and cerebral exhaustion the heart
=. ~ action was steadily maintained to Il
~ last. The pulse was always regular al
)" the temperature normal. In the last fe
hours paralysis of the pulmonary merry
set in. Beyond slight facial ilutteril
as there never was any motor paralysis.
nl- The vagarieS Of an apparently harmle
&c lunatic occasioncd some excitement
IN Victoria station. During the cntrainil
cr of the king for Osborne Il well dress
NJ individual. hearing il letter addressed
III his majesty. was permitted To pass I
barriers He hurried to an euuerry a
of said he wished to present the letter to
at king personally The man was hand
it.. over to the police. The envelope 90
or tanned only telegraph form, on viii
Ia were the words, Il wish to see my
mo loved queen"
as. England continues to evidence that 5
~ Is profounuly touched by the univer
The sympathy, especially that of America,
vii | pressed on the death of Queen Victor