The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-25

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London. June 25-At s-sa p. m. today
Sir Francis Knollys. private secretary
to King Edward told a representative
of the Associated Press that no partieu-
lar change had occurred, but that the
king was maintaining the Improvement
ia his condition.
The following statement was made
this afternoon on the highest medical
authority.
Until the tubes now draining the
cavity of the abscess have been with
drawn. it viii be impossible to feel Ger
tain that the king win pun through.
What his physicians have now to fear is
that peritonitis or hemorrhage may su-
pervene There must always be danger
in such cases. Again, it is a fact that
any abscess due to perityphHtis may
have fatai issue without any warning
symptoms. All the indications are Of
ten masked until the post mOrtem and
there are many cases on record where
the disease was only discovered after
death from an eXtraneOus cause, such as
am accident. At any rate. the king
grave illness must invalid him for q
long time.
The authorities Of st. Paurs cathedral
by request. have arranged a solemn
service of iutercession for the kings re-
covery to be held tomorrow at noon
The general public viii not be admitted.
only gicket holders to the postponed
Westminster Abbey coronation cere-
mony will be present.
Telegrams from all quarters of the
empire tell of the cancelling of prOpos-
ed coronation celebrations Hong Kong
Slmla and Australia All announce the
substitution of religious services for the
contemplated festivities.
The British transport Bavarian. which
had been racing against time in order
to land the war contingent of South
African veterans who We're to take part
i'm the cOrnOnatiOn prOcessiOn,a which
reached southampton yesterday, 1e-
barked her troops this morning. The
ragged, sunburned troopers We're much
affected when they received the news of
the kings dangerous illness.
LAST EFFORT FAILS.
A final effort was made today to have
the naval review carried out i'm some
fashion, since it was considered de-
DlOraDle that so many warships, foreign
and home, should d1sperse without any
official inspection; but the government
leader in the house of commons. A J
Ralfour decided that it was impossible
The admiralty then announced that all
entertainments planned Tor the officers
and crews of the ships of Spithead have
been cancelled.
Admiral Charles Hotham, in command
of The British fleet Oft Spithead received
all the foreign admirals on his flagship
today. The commanders of the foreign
vessels are awaiting Instructions from
their governments regarding their de-
parture- The British fleet viii begin to
disperse June 80.
BY the kings special desire. the coro-
nation list of honOrs viii after all be
published tomorrow as originally ar
ranged.
The only features of the coronation
decorations, etc, escaping demolition are
the illumination devices in London and
the bonhres which had already been laid
on three hundred hill tops throughout
the Jnited Kingdom. These for the
present. win not be touched in the hone
OF using them to celebrate the kings
recovery According to the Evening
News there is good foundation for the
rumor that it was the kings earnest de-
sire that he should be crowned in his
bed room, and that the procession of
FRIDAY should be carried out without
him.
The story of the king and EPSON
gypsy is being retold. According to this.
a gypsy who was supposed not to have
known his majestys identity. told him
that ne would rise high to the throne
itself but would just fau short of his
ambition the last moment and would
not be crowned king"
The seer told King Edward that he
would be SO unlucky on the turf that
even If one OF his horses was going to