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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-26
TO PRAY FOR THE KINGS RECOVERY
PAGANS AS WELL AS CHRISTIANS Will,
HOLD SERVICES.

London, June 23.-The authorities Of St PauPs
Cathedral. by request, have arranged solemn
service of intercession for the Kings recovery
10 be held tomorrow at noon. The general uub
lie will not be admitted. Only ticket holders I,
the postponed Westminster Abbey coronation
ceremony will be present.
Tomorrow has been officially appointed dav
of intercesson for the King. and in every parish
church in the United Kingdom special interess.
sorv services will be held. Catholics, nOncon-
formisrs Jews. SaIvatiOniSts and other religious
bodies are all arranging special prayers. whla
in the camps Of the colonial and other visiting
troops be they MahOmetans, sun worshippers
Brahmins or fire or fetch worshlppers whether
from China. BorneO. Fiji. Central Africa Hin
dostan or from the Indian reservations Of Can
ada, the usual hour for prayers finds them sup
plicating their deity in behalf of the King.
kilograms from all quarters OF the empire tell
of the canceliins of proposed coronation celebra-
tions Hong Kong, Simla and Australia all an
nounce the substitution Of religious services for
the contemplated festivities.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-26
SIR THOMAS Upton HOPEFUL.
HE WILL co AHEAD BY THE KINGS DE-
SIRE. WITH HIS DINNER TO
LONDON'S POOR.

London, June 25.-The reports which are
again being circulated in NeN-York of King
Edwards desperate condition untrue. Sir
Thomas Upton spent hour at Buckingham
Palace this afternoon, and The Associated Press
has his authority for making the announcement
The chances yesterday" said Sir Thomas.
were decidedly against his recovery; but you
say that at o'clock he was doing we'll
His majesty's physicians sa tisfed with his
progress. The chances We're then in his favor -
The Kings mind is entirely clear. and while
Sir Thomas was at the palace he received word
that it his majesty's wish that the arrange
ments for the dinner to about five hundred
thousand of the poor of London July ) should
be proceeded with. Before tomorrow morning
over half a million invitations will have been
sent out. The dinner involves the employment
of over six thousand eight hundred stewards,
an army of walters and fifteen hundred music
hall entertainers. All the arrangements in
Sir Thomas Lipton's hands, and it can be
imagined that he would not proceed with the
final arrangements unless he and others We're
confident of being able to carry them out.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-26
OPERATION NOT INFREQUENT HERE.
MOST OF THE SIMILAR CASES AT BELLE
VIE HAVE RECOVERED

It said at Bellevue Hospital yesterday
that operations similar to that performed upon
King Edward were not uncommon there. and
that most of the cases recovered Recently an
operation by DR.. Joseph D. Bryant and DIR.
Charles E. Quiulby upon a young man named
Charles Klee disclosed an abscess resulting
from widely dffused Inflammation. The alb
scess drained and tn appendix was re-
moved. 1t was two months before Hlee recov-
cred.
Another case mentioned yesterday was that
Of a sixty-fve years old and extremely
corpuent who had appendicitis complicated
with large abscess. The abscess was drained
but the appendix not removed. The man
recovered after illness of many weeks. Some
Of the surgeons at Bellevue said yesterday that
the surgeons who performed the operation on
King Edward probably acted wisely in draining
the abscess without removing the appendix.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-26
EMBASSIES LEAVING LONDON.
Mr.. REID PREPARING TO GO TO THE CON
TINENT.
(By The Associated PressD

T1NENT.
Q3y The Associated Press1
London, June 25.-The exodus Of the corona
ton embassies already has begun. The next
two or three days doubtless will see the depart
ure Of all but one or two. and these will close
UP their official establishments and remain in
London merely private persons.
Joseph H. Choate, the United States Ambas-
sador has Withdrawn the invita- tons to the din
ner which he to give June %. and
Whitelaw Reid. the United States Special Am
bassador. is busy to-day canceng all his en-
gagements. The royal equerries are still in at
tendance at Mr. Reid's residence, Brooke House
The government conveyed to Mr.. Reid cOurte-
GUS intinnation that royal carriages would be at
the disposal Of the Americans so long they
remain in London. but Mr.. Reid has determined
TO close up the special embassy as quickly as
compatible with decorum. He will go to the
Continent for short stay. and may possibly
visit Scotland. returning to America early in the
autumn.
According to present arrangements the flag
will be hauled down from the United States
Special Embassy Tomorrow when Mr. Reid will
pay his final official visits previous his de-
paTture for the Continent. Mr.. Reid viii fulfil
lis engagement to dine with Rear Admiral
Aren't S. Crowninshield. the commander in chief
Of the European Station. on his flagship. the
United States battleship Illinois.
Mr.. Reid pleasantly surprised to-day by
visit from Prince Tsai Chen the Chinese Special
Envoy, and his suite. who arrived in state
carriages. The visit returned to-day by
Mr. Reid General James H. Wilson, who was
to represent the army of the United States at
the coronation; Rear Admiral John c. Watson.
who to have represented the United States
Navy, and Commander ". Sheffield Cowles the
Of he nit Ctafa
London. They met at Prince Chen's residence
Prince Komatsu the Japanese Special Envoy,
and other japanese. all Of whom presented
TO the Americans
Prince Chen expressed in the warmest terms
his Emperors appreciation of the course the
Americans had pursued in China
So far as known concerted action has been
taken by the special embassies with the view of
expressing their regrets to the royal family
each sending condolences in behalf of his own
nation.
Prince Leopold Of Bavaria. Archduke Francis
Ferdinand of Austria. Prince Albert of Belgium
and Admiral Gervais have already left London
CELEBRATIONS POSTPONED AT COLON.
Colon. Colombia June 25-The banquet which
the British citizens Of Colon proposed 70 give
on Thursday in honor OF the coronation of
King Edward has been postponed on account of
his majesty's serious illness. Other proposed
poned.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-26
WIDESPREAD LOSSES SUFFERED.
HOTELS AND PROVISION DEALERS OF LON
DON HIT THE HARDEST.

London June 25.-The BUSINESS section or
London Is slow in recovering from the stunning
effects of Yesterdays developments. While the
barriers around Westminster Abbey have been
removed, the decorations are being competed
for the benefit tomorrow and Sunday or the
crowds The demolition of the stands mas ne-
gun and goes slowly. The hotels and provision
dealers are hit the hardest thousands OF
pounds of perishable food of the most expensive
varieties are crowding every refrigerator III
London, while orders for many tons more, tele-
era phicaly cancelled yesterday. Will remain
source of litigation compromise the cater
ers of the fashiona BILE West End establishments
have already announced that they are Wiling
to share the losses of their patrons VINO nad
given large orders for delivery tomorrow ana
Friday. Few of the caterers of hotels awaited
themselves of insurance the recently offered
Lloyds rate of 10 per cent being considered 100
high Many proprietors of reviewing sldnuS
We're thus protected But the important qceS-
ton remains as to whether the money palo LOT
seats will necessarily be refunded. only rev
seats out of nearly half million were sold
with any specific provso on this point
The manufacturers of medals ana souvenirs
are badly hurt One of these said that ten mill
lon medals dated June % and June -, already
struck were now valueless
Altogether LondOns business loss Is IN
calculable. and the people of portsmouth, where
prepar "a tons involving big expenditure hao
been made to reap harvest from the naVal re-
view, are simply crushed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-26
INSURANCE LOSSES NOT HEAVY.

The governing committee of the Stock En-
cable dispatch to the London Stock Exchange
TO express to the members of that body the SYM
pathy OF the members of the local exchange
over the illness of the King. Such exchanges
of courtesy between the exchanges are Gus
tomary.
In view of the alarming reports concerning
the insurance losses, and especially the losses
said to have been suffered by underwriters at
London LlOyds, for damages resulting from the
failure of the coronation to take place at the
appointed time. Weed & Kennedy. of this city.
whose relations with underwriters at London
Lloyds are close declare that the reports of the
coronation losses are absurd, and that, while
the exact sums cannot be obtained, an outside
figure of the entire amount of insurance car
ried would be S25O000.
Mr.. Kennedy said yesterday to Tribune re-
porter that underwriting at Lloyds some
what like dealing in stocks and bonds the
New-York Stock Exchange. Not only the best
but the largest number of brokers here confine
their opera tons strictly to the listed securities
but when there is important election there
are a few who take advantage Of their assoCia-
ton to lay bets on the result and al Lloyds
the number of those underwriters who venture
into outside hazards, aside from marine insur-
ance. which Is the main business of the cham
Der Is small and those who make up that
number are not to be rated among the most i'm
portant underwriters at Lloyds.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-26
GOOD REASON FOR HOPE.
BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNALS DISCUSS
THE CASE OF KING EDWARD.

London. June o5-"The British Medical Jour
| nal says:
Should the Kings symptoms pursue the
course they have hitherto followed, there is good
reason to hope for his majesty's restoration 10
health. Owing to the nature OF the a1ec.lon
and the character of the dressings used II Is
inevitable that his convalescence should De
somewhat prolonged, but believe If no com
plications arise that there is no reason TO rear
his recovery will not be complete.
The condition Of the parts made clear at the
operation such as to assure the surgeons
that the abscess was due to one of those uneX-
planned determinations which occur with re-
marka bic frequency in the neighhorhood or me
vermiform appendix, and that it was not due
to any organic disease of more serious nature
or to any malignant growth, as rumor has sug-
gested.
Up the present there is no indica ton of the
occurrence of any complications, and should
none arise his majesty may live for many
years.
The Journal then goes on to review the his
tory OF the case. After reciting the Kings
earlier symptoms, the paper says:
Every precaution was taken on Mondays
journey from Windsor Castle to avoid fatigue
| and strain. but Monday evening there was an
exacerbation of the symptoms. His majesty's
fever returned to 102 degrees Fahrenheit. and
the swelling in the right lilac fossa rapidly IN
creased. 1t was tLen intimated to the King
that purulent Inflammation had occurred.
The King received this statement with his
usual courage and equanimity. and expressed
the keeneSt distress that the people or the
country should be disappointed.
The Lancet" while declaring it is impossible
| to disguise the seriousness of the Kings con-
dition, says
1t is joyful privilege to be able to con
tradict fatty some of the sinister rumors Wnlch
have been prevalent for the last forty-elght
hours throughout the world. The idea tnat
some dreadful news is being Kept bach ought 10
be dispelled and the absolute sincerity OF every
bulletin issued should prevent the public from
needing these wild rumOrs. His majesty Is suf-
ferng from perityphlitis and nothing else. I'm
fortunately, the symptoms of pertyphnus may
lutely prevented the necessity of an operation
from being apparent until yesterday.
The Lancet" declares also that at present
there is no symptom of malignancy in the Kings
case
The following statement made this after
noon on the highest medical authority:
Until the tubes now draining the cavity of
the abscesS have been Withdrawn IL will be i'm
possible to feel certain that the King will pull
through. What his physicians have now 70 fear
vene. There must always be this danger in such
cases. Again, it is a fact that abscess due
to peritOnitis may have fatal issue without
any warning symptoms All the indica tons are
often masked until the post mortenl, and there
are many cases record where the disease
was only discovered after death from
traneous cause such accident. Whatever
the outcome the Kings grave illness must in
valid him for a long time
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-26
T. L. NERRIFIELD DEAD.
MANY WHO SAW HOTEL FLAGS AT HALF
MAST THOUGHT KING HAD EXPIRED

MAST THOUGHT KING HAD EXPIRED
When the flags on all the prominent hotels in
the city were lowered 70 halfrast yesterday
ont Of respect for the memory Of Edward L
Merrifeld. proprietor of the Continental Hotel.
Broadway and TwentIeth-st-. who died al d a.
m. Yesterday at his summer home at Central
Valley N Y. from heart disease ruliloI
spread that King Edward had expired Many
persons who noticed the flags at halrnaas1 sur
missed that the ruler OF Great Britain mad uIeu'
1t has been the custom of the Hotel "74'
Association. of which Mr.. NerrlHsla was ,n
the hotels connected with the ASSOCIATION "i'-
a member dies .;ro-s
Mr. MerrifeId was one of the last sur'Ng ~
of the old guard of hotel men N 'hlS ~ azs
REPRESENTED an earlier and more nosplta Is -
when the proprietor of the hotel was III Iae' -
host and his patrons the guests VI IlLs 3a3-
and its courtesy Mr. Msrrifeld was q pIoLIi--ha
representa- tive. For more than twenty yeI4 -
Tnat his guests at the present Continental anu
for many wears prior TO that he conduCteu ~
old Continental at Howard-st and BToaI"as -
Mr. Merrifield for nine years was preslo~Ios -
the Hotel Mems Association He Wds a. ~
nrasident of The State Hotel Association NJ
brought about the passage o. many l'IP''
Mr.. NIerrifeld was a director and the larsI5s
stakeholder in the National Citizens BaI A- -
vas also a director in the Excelsior SaNlIsS
Bank He was man of sound business !Hs7
ment, as result of which he accumuIaIe%s
large and valuable property he was . A'
of the Manhattan and the Phoenix c4uos- IL,
Mr. MerrifieId was native OF Vermont II
was sixty-three years old He made his NJ,
money in the cordage business Two go 1T
survive him. son. Mark h, VINO was LIS
ner. and daughter r,.,.,,-
The funeral will be held at the Central Fres S,
terrain Church Fifty-seveuth-st.. between So
enth-ave. and Broadway. to-norro" at = 'D'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-26
THE GREAT FLEET TO DISPERSE
ADMIRAL HOTHAM RECEIVES FOREIGN AID
MIRALS ON HIS FLAGSHIP.

London. June 25.-Admiral Sir Charles Ho-
than, in command OF the British feet off Spit
head received all the foreign admirals on his
flagship to-day. The commanders of the foreign
vessels are awaiting instructions from their gov
ernments regarding their departure. The Brit
Ish feet will begin to dispense June 80.
final effort made to-day TO have the
naval review carried out In some fashion. since
it was considered deplorable that many war
ships, home and foreign, should dispense with
out any official inspection; but the government
leader in the House Of Commons, A. ]. Balfour.
decided that It was impossible. The Admiralty
has announced that all entertainments planned
for the officers and crews of the ships off Spit
head have been cancelled
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-26

England, which holds. with us. the sacred trn,.
of Christian progress. We remember her tear,
and prayers for us when our great ruler fol,
And now have Christian sympathy ana
brotherly concern in this, her hour of sorrow
Bless her King, and give him a happy issue On.
of his present sickness"
The Rev. DIR. Couden. the chaplain OF thu
House. also prayed for the restoration to healts
of King Edward Hear us he said. when Wa
pray for the King of England Grant if in ac
cord with Thy WILL that he may be restored 4,
strength to guide and control his people in jus-
tice and equity under Thy guidance
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-26
VIEWS OF GERMAN SPECIALISTS,
THEY HOLD OPTIMISTIC OPINIONS REGARD
ING THE KINGS CHANCES

Berlin. June 25-Medical men of Germany
take rather optimistic view of the condition of
King Edward and say that if the bulletins pre-
sent the case correctly his chances for recovery
are more than even One specialist refers to
the experience of DR.. SoDnenberg. of the Berlin
Charity Hospital. who has operated most sue
cessfuly upon eighteen hundred persons with
maladies similar to that of the King. and a
prominent medical authority of Berlin said to-
day that statistical study of operations shows
50 per cent of reCoveres.
Regarding the reported removal of abscess.
a specialist. writing to-day in the "Frankfurter
Zeitung," says
If such assesses develop for several days, and
then partially open into the surrounding parts.
as has apparently occurred in the case Of King
Edward the chances for the patients recovery
after the operative removal of the absCeSS are
very favorable. The fact that the heart and
lungs resumed their normal activity Immediately
after the operation warrants expectations of re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-26
SAYS NO TUBING WAS USED.
REPORT ABOUT THE OPERATION DENIED
BY A LONDON AUTHORITY.

The following special dispatch by cable was
received by The New-York Medical Journal"
early yesterday morning from its London cor
respondent. a high medical authority. who is
acquainted with what happens at the bedside Of
the King:
London. June %, u m.-The Kings disease is
perityphlitis, following cold contracted nine days
previously. His symptoms became rather acute
a week ago: but had subsidized. and it was hoped
that he would go through the coronation ceremony.
Owing sudden exacerhation early on Tuesday
morning, operation decided upon at 10
o'clock, and the operation performed at noon
on Tuesday by Sir Frederick Treves the anssthetic
being administered by DR.. Frederick Hewitt The
abscess opened around the cecum the pus
uated and the cavity drained. There was no
resection of the ho7-e the newspaper reports that
tubing required 10 preserve the continuity OF
intestine being completely misleading. The re-
Covery from anFstheSia satisfactory, the pa
tent passed restless night succeeded by I'm
provement his condition being favorable on
Wednesday at noon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-26
THO HEN AND A HORSE HURT.
WOMEN FAINT WHEN 4 CAR RUNS lNlo
TRUCK.

horse driven by John Brennan. Of NO W
C;reenwich-ave Brooklyn was so badly injured =
a collision with northbound Thtrd-aVe cAi -
terday that it was shot at the request OF th7
Brennan was driving a truck up Ihlru-a'e.' :,
when near Thirty-eighth-st- attempted 10 80
the west side of the thoroughtare- An oPe4. -.
t,c. rho wheels of rhe truck with great Io 2n~
Brennan was tossed about five feet ana, Ysson
on his head. made UNCONSCIOUS, - - pIar
The animal ran up the avenue as IaI seSS--sj
T1+bst where II feII 10 the ground eXnadSlso ;,t,
Tha nsssangers in the ear had been tnroW ~us,-sI
a manic TWO women the front seat l1 rorrv-
The m0tornnau George Hall OF No +SS E.dS ssrins
seVantbst was thrown from the car recei'"7
severe scalp wound.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-26
STREETS OF LONDON DESERTED.


THRONES WHO HAD GATHERED FOR THE
SIGHTS GO BACK TO THEIR HOMES.
London, June 25.-The streets of London to-
day seemed deserted compared with the begin
ming of the week. The chief points of interest
were Buckngham Palace and F'ieet-st. At both
localities crowds of people surrounded every
bulletin board and anxiously bought numerous
extras"
A curious fact is that some of the outlying
suburbs had no general realization of the post
ponement of the coronation till the residents
read the morning papers. The demand for papers
in this city and the nearer suburbs yesterday
absorbed the whole supply before reaching the
outer fringe of London. The General Postoffice
is overburdened with kilograms. Many private
messages filed yesterday could not be transmit
ted, and not delivered to-day.
In the streets but slow progress was made
in taking down the decorations, but .even the
few flags that had been pulled down and the
few stands which undraped had the effect
of making the public begin to realize the gravity
of affairs.
The medical bulletins rapidly posted
about London. and the scenes witnessed
Yesterday were enacted to-day.
The only features of the coronation decora-
tions etc, esca ping demolition the illuIni-
nation devices In London and the bonfires
which had already been laid three hundred
hilltops throughout the United Kingdom. These
for the present will not be touched, in the hope
If ysiup them IN the Kings recovery
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-26

contingents and would have been almost purely
q military display. The idea was abandoned 10
day. al the doctors said the King was likely 10
still be in a critical condition Saturday, ana
they could not he answerable for what any hour
might bring forth It was practically decloed
this afternoon that the Prince OF wares WI"
review the colonial troops probably next "eeh'
They will then return 70 their respective coULi-
-rfa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-26

STORIES RETOLD OF PREDICTIONS THAT
WORRIED THE SOVEREIGN

-
WORRIED THE SOVEREIGN
London, June 25-The story of the King and
the EPSON gypsy is being retold. According to
this. g. gypsy, who was supposed not 10 have
known his maiestys identity, told him that he
would rise high. to the throne itself. but would
just fall short of his ambition at the last mo-
ment. and would not be crowned king"
The same seer told King Edward that he would
he unlucky on the turf that even II one of his
horses was going win a ii would fall
dead at the winning post. This prediction was
fulfilled In the case of Counterpart. in 1886.
Later. at Homburg, ralmist is said to have
foretold that the King would become i'll he
started for his coronation
Whether the stories true or otherwise. the
coincidence OF their being current this year
and the event of yesterday regarded re-
nlarkable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-26
CHICAGO BRITONS WILL MEET.
CHARACTER OF THEIR CORONATION DA
EXERCISES TO DEPEND ON NEWS

EXERCISES TO DEPEND ON NEWS
Chicago June 25-British Americans of Chicag
will not abandon the demonstration and entertain
nent arranged for tomorrow night in the 1st
Regiment Armory in honor of coronation day. de-
spite the Kings illness and the consequent indefinite
postponement of the browning ceremoy. Should
the Kings health improve the meeting will be as
joyful In tone If ii really in celebrate of
the coronation, at first planned; if his condition
should remain critical II will be expressive of SYM
pathy and sorrow: if he should expire it will be a
memorial meeting.
This was decided last night at meeting of the
general committee. A resolution of sympathy to
be sent to Queen Alexandra was passed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-26
THE KING FREE FROM PAIN.
| HOUSE OF COMMONS.

London June 25.-At 40 p m, prior to the
adjournment of the House of Commons for din
ner A j. BaIfour. the government leader. an
nounced that the King was free from pain, and
that his progress was satisfactory.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-26
A MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN.

London. June 25.-The first direct expression
of opinion from Queen Alexandra was received
to-day by the Lord Mayor Of Leeds Acknowl-
edging a message of sympathy from the Lord
Mayor Queen Alexandra telegraPhed-
His majesty is progressing favoraoly-'