The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-01
THE KINGS PROGRESS COCA
SI0NS GREAT SATISFACTION
I%NTERCESSORY SERVICES
Held I'm all The Churches, Where
BritOns Congregate Impressive
Improvement is Very Marked-No
Suggestion OF N Regency The
King Personally Opens kilograms
and Takes Active Interest I'm state
Affairs.

progress in convaIescence occasions
the satisfaction in all official
circles.
His majesty already is displaying the
greatest interest In all public questions
and is expressing his gratitude over
the evidences OF the worlds s%olicitude,
by opening a number of kilograms
with his own hands. h action ek-
cited him slightly, caused some rest
Iessness during the night and aroused
some trifing solicitude on the part of
the attendant doctors
All this really was unimportant as
his majesty soon quieted down and, OH
the whole, rested sufficiently.
Improvement in the kings condition
this morning was most marked. Every
body in buckingham palace was de-
lighted and high hopes are entertained
that his convalescence will be much
more speedy even than was expected
last night.
At no time has there been a serious
suggestion of the establishment of a
regency The most that was done was in
the way of pure speculation-a sugges-
ton hat the prince of Wales might
act as his father, as King Edward (then
prince of Wales) frequently did for
Queen Victoria in former days and,
particularly, during her last illness,
but without his having formally been
appointed regent.
King Edward saw several members
of his family during the morning. The
queen remained at the palace, but the
Princess Victoria drove out.
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Immediately after hearing of King Ed
wards illness Emperor William tele-
graphed to Prince Henry of Prussia,
who was in London, setting forth how
he was moved by the news, and offer
ing to come Immediately to London to
see his uncle if there was any i'm
mediate danger. Prince Henry is said
to have replied with a reassuring mes
sage.
Among the callers at Buckingham
palace today were the prince and prin-
cess of Wales, Prince and Princess
Henry of Prussia, the duke of Cam
bridge, most of the special ambaSsa-
doris still in London and many of the
diplomatiSts.
At the hour when the king should
have been crowned a great and distin-
guished gathering, almost Identical
with hat which would have sat in
Westminster Abbey, gathered in st.
Paul's Cathedral. The approaches to
the cathedral were lined by silent
thrOngS, through which drove peers
and peeresses, colonial premiers, for
eign ENJOYS ambassadors and MEM
bers of the house of all in
sombre clothes.
Shortly before noon the big western
dOOrs swung open, sunlight streamed
in and the Duke of Cambridge, lean
ing heavily on the arm of an equerry,
walked to the chancel.
As II o'clock struck there arose from
the far end of the Navo the clear notes
of the opening sentences of the litany.
chanted by four of the cathedral
clergy.
Their tones were in such unison they
seemed to eminate from one powerful
voice. The choir tool up the responses.
AT each application the procession,
with the cross at its head, advanced d
few steps and then stood st'l! until the
response was con- cleted. Through the
kneeling congregation h choir adj
vanced to the ohaAcel steps. \ score
of the clergy followed, ard behind them
the bishops and archbishops in Sor-
geous robes.
With evident feeling the choir sang
h three psalms of intercession, after
which the bishop of Stepney, read the
lesson.
HG bISDOp VI LOIlIlOIi, II liz ia
steps, ead the prayers: 20 Lord, save
h King" His voice rang out to the
furtherest recess of the dome and
brought out a Nhoie-SoCsei response
from the choir and the congregation.
The anthem ana the singing of the
hymn, Thine ARM, o Lore in days Of
Old, was Strong to Heal and Save"
and Psalm 81 concluded the short SER
vice, whereupon the bishop of London,
surrounded by the archaisnops ard
bishops from tn" affair steps impress
sively pronounced the b=nediction.
For a few moments complete silence
reigned and all heads were bowed in
prayer, the procession reformed and
the congregation went out into the sun
light.
simultaneously a simila, s.. vice was
conducted at St. Margets church, West
minister. 1t was largely attended by
cabinet mlnisters, peers and members
of the house Of commons u was con-
cluded with singing. "Gcd Save the
King
In most of the churches throughout
the land today toe services which were
10 commemorate tbs coronation CT
King Edward took place in thu chang
ed form of microscopy services.
From India, Australia and Africa,
everywhere where Brltons congre-
gated, kilograms announce the holding
of impressive ~supplicatory prayers.
(Midnight.) Those around King Ed
ward continue to be astonished at his
rapid recovery. The slightly annoying
symptoms mentioned in the bulletin is
sued at Il O'Clock tonight are quite in
consequential compared to the fact
which The Associated Press has learn
ed, that his majesty again took food
tonight and was afterwards allowed 10
smoke a cigar.
Queen Alexandra sat with her hus-
band all the evening N only left him
after he had fallen into a peaceful
sleep.
Mention by h kings doctors of the
care with which ood had been admin
istered to the royal patient n OF the
return of pain in the our can be
safely taken as merely an earnest OF
their conscientious intention to make
public the slightest adverse symptom,
however, unimportant,
The kings courage and good temper
is remarkable n today he personally
wrote several kilograms and n or
two notes. As evidence of the kings
nerSiStenr refusal to efface himself