Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-22
NO CHANGE.
Queen Victoria's Wonderful
Constitution Keeps Her Alive.
The Physicians Now E>p,ct Her 10
Live Till Thursday Mo-ring.
Her Oldest Daughter. Empress Dowager OF Ger.
many. Also Seriously III.

Cowes. Jan. 22.-5 T. Mp to this
hour no further bulletin has been is
sued.
The correspondent of The Associat-
ed Press here is Informed that the
Queens condition has undergone no
change.
The Queen is expected 20 live until
Thursday morning unless unexpected
complications occur.
Cowes, Isle OF Wight, Jan. 22-1 A.
M.-Anothcr day in the Victorian era,
now so rapidly drawing to close.
passed without any great change in
the condition of Queen Victoria. The
Slight Improvement 50 frequently men
toned in the official bulletins merely
indicates postponement of the newt
able. The end may be matter of days
or only of hours, but the members Of
the royal family who are now drag
ging out a weary visit at Osborne
house know that the death of Her Ma
jesty is merely a question of a snort
time.
The most notable feature or yester-
day was the satisfactory portion the
Queen spent in consciousness, which
she regained early in the afternoon and
still retained at 10 p. NJ. At that hour
she had not seen Emperor William.
local rumorS to the contrary notwith-
standing. Royalty at Osborne thus had
q chance to recuperate from the terri
bic ordeal undergone during the early
hours of Monday. The correspondent
of The Associated Press is informed
that the members of the royal family
We're called to a room adjoining the
Queens bed chamber no less than
four times, yesterday morning. and
We're kept in momentary expectation of
being summoned to witness the end up
to $50. Her Ma iesty's physicians then
had only veStige of hope that they
would lie able to keep the Queens fee
bic life in existence until the Prince of
Wales arrived.
To secure this result they resorted to
the frequent use of brandy and cham
payne. These stimulants used to an
extent which only the greatest emer-
gency justified, worked their process.
and when the Prince of Wales and
Emperor William entered the castle
grounds at 1l.30 A NJ. they found the
Queen a trife better than they had
expected.
The desperate remedies employed
Monday morning. to enable Her Ma
jesty TO live until her eldest sons ar
rival will not be used again to the
same extent, for the doctors are fear
full that the remedy might be almost
worse than the disease. They trust to
prOlong her life by moderate applica-
tiCn of StimulantS. combined with as
much nourishment as can be assimilat-
ed. Such expedients as We're employed
during Sunday evening and Monday
morning are not considered justifiable.
The Queens rally aStoniShed no one
more than her physicians and when at
yesterday afternoon, they heard her
ask for chicken broth, their amaze
ment almost equalled their delight
Privately, however, they build no false
hopes upon these fading signs of what
has been one of the strongest consti-
tutiOns with which q woman was ever
endowed.
Despite The favorable afternoon the
doctors dreaded greatly the period be-
tween 6 o'clock and midnight. When
that was safely passed they seemed
hopeful of Her Majesty living at least
through another day, although the
HlSIiioiy VI luc previous night re-
lapse kept their anxiety ut a high ten
sion.
The news of the death when il 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 sent to the
lord mayor of London.
There is an enormous Geographic
staff in COwes. and additional facilities
were Installed, yesterday, at Osborne.
Already the villagers are bewailing the
fate that is likely to befall Cowes, for
it is known that the Prince Of Wales
will probably never make Osborne
house a place of residence.
There is an entire absence of local
excitement. The town has settled down
in patience and sadness to await the
inevitable. Never has Emperor William
arrived at any place in England with
so little eclat. No salutes We're fired,
no cheers given. The men of the guard
ship Australia silently manned her
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