Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-01-22
QUEENS last ILLNESS
The British Sovereign Has Been
a Mental Wreck for
Months.
Worry Over Boer War known to
Have Hurried the
End.
Inner Court Circle Knew. But
Kept Her Condition From
the Public.


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World from London says; s y oursc CORE
spondent has obtained from a cource
within court circles the first conpre-
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uueeii > 'liiless Una mas pseii given ou1.
The facts given place the Illness of the
queen in a startling and psIlhetic light.
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ms loi' mar hlohens' lsN'sll before her
visit 20 Ireland She had been mental
wreck for months. Whenever ii. was Of
Totally announced that she made felici-
tcus esponses to speeches at public
functions ii is "a inatter.of cold fact that
the poor old queen WAS IN such a daze
that all she could sa 10 her companions
vas Where am
Several times when she has appeared
IN public during The past six On eight
months she has fallen asleep.
Had it been any one else but the
queen of England il Mould have been
plain long ago that the ialalatly was se-
rile decay. And that truthfully is what
affects Victoria.
But for her physical breaking 9up of
the past week. diva IL, mn attack Of sra-
iaiysis IN the left sida II would have
i,sefa possible for !, he court and the sr,,yaIs
fo,lsehold To h,,v.. kept from the british
g,eo,,le j, nn,,l..,i,,,. ,f h.,. mental, decay
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before leaving E,ntl:, "a, for inc s,,,th
< sric,,,. ea,nraIpy assured tha o,,afr
THAT tho war would be ..difficult bnt nor
dangerous In consequence the news sof
1.-The many reverses came to her With
aatled severity. She felt TINT she had
been deceived. and never forpaye Butler
When his Mans MAS submitted 10 her.
lfor Il Visit to Windsor af'ter his return
Iron, South Africa, sne strokesi.it thru
with her pen.
1T was at this time that the o,lre,1 had
/ tha fits Of CRYING IN am aggravated form
which immediately preceded her present
Ecritieal Illness
The assassination of the king Of italy
last .July shocked her deeply.
The news of the Illness Of her eldest
lchild. Empress Frederick. added greatl,.
1 her distress. md the fact&that she Ma :
4 rhvsically ,tnahle To visit tbs e,rn,ass;
fa,,si s,e her hsfora either died made bar
i feryous and eyeitable
I,ayer came he death Of her secnn,,
4 son. the duke az SAKE C,oburt, and Co
sltha fEdinil,rpha which In n fe,, veal, 9
WAS followed i,v tfe ,leathS OF her grand
Elsons Prince on rsstian Victor SON of he,
i daughter Helena wife of Prince Chris
titan of Schlesw q IL olstein.
4 The prospect ef an indefinite nroione
slat;on OF the war was a trial under
4 which her health again began TO sink
4 I'm November 1ast.
4 Her spirit remained undauntad and
4 when it was reported that Presiden,
u Kruger had said the war would claiu
II her as one.of It's victims the queen se,...
a clared; II may die. but Mr.. Isrlre,
Il wontt kill me.
a In December her feebleness rar,idIy in.
creased sleepl,sss nights were ~. sss.d I,
q PRAYER and tears, causing the most nra.
d found anxiety TO her entourare. IN,
Queen lost her appetite and began I.
Il sbrivel. presenting all the charact eristic
al senile decay.
The excitement incidental to her yisi
Ito Ireland-which, despite everythin,
3 stated to the contrary. was her own ide:
- seemed to revive her but before tn
! visit ended a reaction had set in. Th
2 public, however, was hoodwinked b,
the account of her majesty's doings an,
! utterances given to the newspapers b
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