Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-06-26

| tain that the king VIII pun through.
What his physicians have now to fear
Is that pcritOnitis or hemorrhage may
supervene. There must always be this
| danger in such cases. Again, 1t Is a
fact that the abscess due to perityph.
litis may have fatal issue without
any warming symptoms. All the indi
cations are often masked until the post
| mortem. and there are many cases on
record where the disease was only dis
covered after death from an eXtrane-
GUS cause. such as an accident What
ever the outcome. the kings grave i'll
ness must invalid him for long time"
Interviews with the leading appendi-
| citis specialists here are published.
The majority of the physicians express
the opinion that the kings chances Of
| recovery are very doubtful. not owing
to the nature of the disease. but on ac-
| count of his ma ieSty's age. obesity and
| constitution, which is believed to be
| undermined, and other intrlnties. One
doctor suggests that the disease is
complicated by cancer
According to the Evening News there
| is good foundation for the rumor that
| ii was the kings earnest desire that he
| should be crowned in his bedroom and
| that the procession Of Friday should
| he carried on without him
The story of The king and the Epson
gypsy is being retold According to
this Il gypsy who was supposed not to
have known his ma jesty's identity told
him that he would rise high to the
throne itself, but would just fall short
! of his ambition ut the last moment and
would not be crowned king.
The same seer told King Edward
that he would he so unlucky on the
turf that even if one of his horses was
going to win race it would fall dead
at the winning post. This prediction
was fulfilled in the case of Counter
pane. in 1856.
Later. at Honburg. a palmist is said
to have foretod that the king would
become i'll MS he started for his corona
ton.
Day of IntercessiOn.
The day that was to have witnessed
the coronation has been officially
turned into Il day of intercession for
the king, and in every parish church
in the United Kingdom special inter
cessory services will be held. Cath
olcs, noncOnformists, Jews. Salvation
lists and other religious bodies are all
arranging special prayers, while in the
camps of the colonial and other visit
ing troops, be they Mohammedans, sun
worshipers, Rrahmans or fire or fetch
worshipers, whether from China, Bor-
neo, Fiji. central Africa or Hindustan
or from the Indian reservations of
Canada, the usual hour for prayers
finds them supplicating their deity in
behalf of the king.
kilograms from all quarters of the
empire tell of the canceling of pro
posed coronation celebrations. Hong
kong, Simla and Australia all announce
the substitution Of religious services
for the contemplated festivities.
The British transport Bavarian,
which has been racing against time in
order to land the war contingent of
South African veterans who were to
take part in the coronation programme,
debarked her troops during the morn
ing. The ragged, sunburned troopers
were much affected when they re-
ceived the news of the kings danger
GUS illness.
Naval Review Finally Abandoned.
A final effort was made during the
day to have the naval review carried
out In some fashion, since it was con-
sidered deplorable that so many war
ships, home and foreign. should dis
perse without 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 Spithead have been can
celed.
By the kings special desire the cor
onation list OF honors will, after all, be |
published as originally arranged.
The Prince of Wales held a reception |
of the colonial premiers at st. James
palace in behalf of the king during the
afternoon.
AS the day progressed the crowds
AROUND Buckingham palace augmented