Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-01-22
RALLY AsroNIsHED THE DOCTORS
Amazed and Delighted to Hear Their
Patient Ask for Broth.

Patient Ask for Broth.
The queens rally astonished no one
more than her physicians. and when
at o'clock yesterday afternoon they
heard her ask for chicken broth their
amazement almost equalled their de-
light. Privately, however. they build
no false hopes upon these fading signs
of what has been one of the strongest
was ever endowed. Despite the favor
able afternoon the doctors dreaded
greatly the period between 6 o'clock
and midnight When that was safely
passed they seemed hopeful of her ma
jesty living at least through another
day although the memory of the
previous nights relapse Kept their
anxiety at high tension.
The news or rffe tleath. when 1t oc<
ours. is likely TO be publicly announced
in london before It Is announced here,
as-according to present arrangements
the first telegram is to be semitic the
lord mayor of London. Never has
Emperor William arrived at any place
in England with so little eclat No
salutes were fired. no cheers were
given when he arrived here yester-
day The men of the guardShip Aus
tralia silently manned her sides The
crowd was equally undemonstrative,
the people contenting themselves with
barring their heads. 1t was a greeting
given to the grandson of a dying
woman. rather than to the ruler of a
great ally.
London, Jan. pa special train is
held in readiness to convey the menu
bers of the cabinet to Osborne at any
moment. Thus far it has not been re-
quired. Up to 3 a. m. no further. bull
letins had been received in London
since the one issued at midnight.
Expressions of Sympathy.
Montreal, Jan. Throughout the
Dominion of Canada, among French
Canadians as well as among the Eng
lish-speaking citizens, there is but one
feeling expressed-one of sadness at
the serious condition of her majesty,
and of anxiety as to the outcome. Pray
ers for her were said in most of the
churches Sunday, and in the larger cit
ieslike Toronto, Montreal and Quebec
crowds surround the newspaper bull
letin boards waiting for news.
+ st. Johns. Nd, Jan. 22.--The imni-
nence of the Queens death is the oc-
easion of universal sorrow in New.
foundland, the Oldest colony In the
empire.
London, Jan. 22.-The colonial OF
fee has received dispatches from the
governments of the Australian and
South African colonies expressing theiI
anxiety and distress at the Queens
illness.
Rome. Jan. 22.-In the Italian SEN
ate yesterday General Count Guissep.
pc du Sonnez, commanding the army
corps, moved that the senate ask for
Information officially regarding the con-
dition of Queen Victoria. and express
heartfelt wishes for her recovery. Tho
motion was carried unanimously.
Berlin. Jan. 22.-AIost of the Ger
man newspapers express sincere con-
Germ as to Queen Victoria and praise
Emperor William for going to 0s-
borne. The agrafian and pan-German
editors, however, write with pens
dipped in gall" of the probable decay
Of the British empire.
London, Jan. Pin the United
States. as we are entitled to expect
says the Times ..the. sorrow which
overshadows the mother country has
silenced ungenerous criticism. The
personality of the queen is understood
and honored by Americans. and we
ca hardly desire any higher tribute
to her admirable qualities. both as
sovereign and woman, than those quot
ed by our New York correspondent, :,