The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-26
THE WORLD SYMPATHIzES.
inquiries rs to Edwards Condition
Pour in From All Quarters of the

/
Globe.
London, June 25.-Anxious suspense
over the condition of King Edward
VII. shared, as is evidenced by shoals
Of kilograms from abroad, by the
whole civilized world. was not much
lessened by the bulletin issued by the
attending physicians at 1920 O'Clock
this morning, as follows:
His Majesty was very restless and
had no sleep during the early part OF
the night. He obtained some sleep
however, after 1 o'clock this morning,
is free from pain, and no untoward
symptoms presented themselves. Con-
sidering all circumstances, His Males
ty may be said to be progressing salts
factorily.
Lister, Treves, Laking, Smith, Bar
low"
Earlier unofficial reports had been
more favorable than the official medi-
cal announcement. They spoke of
the King as having passed a good
night with peaceful rest. and the an
nouncement of His Majesty's rest
lessness and lack of sleep was regard
ed by the general public as by no
means reassuring, although court Off
Gals profesesd satisfaction. The alb
sence of all mention of the patient S
temperature caused comment.
Throughout the morning the vicinity
of the place was invaded by anxious
seekers after information. curious
ly cosmopolitan crowd gathered about
the ratings awaiting the morning bull
letin, and after it was posted there
was a great scramble to read its con-
tents. The Prince of Wales arrived
just as the bulletin was issued. Lord
Lister, who came from the King s
apartments after having assisted in
drawing UP the bulletin, left shortly
afterwards, and the most cheerful ex-
preston apparent on his face was TAX
en- as an indication that he was salts
fed with the condition of the patient.
Salisbury on n Tricycle..
Callers continued to arrive in great
numbers throughout the morning
Among the distinguished personages are
Lord Salisbury, who rode up on a
tricycle., Archduke Francis of Austria
and the Duke of Norfolk.
The Duke of Cambridge, who ar
rived later, had previously presented a
set of colors to the Middlesex regiment
addressing which he said the King
| illness was a very grave blow and q
very trying one. But, he added, he was
very glad to be able to speak hope
fully of the progress made by His
Majesty, because he had received favor
able news from those in attendance
upon the King.
The medical bullentins were rapidly
posted about London and the same
scenes as witnessed yesterday were
enacted to-day. BY noon long lines OF
| carriages We're waiting to put down
! visitors at the ambassadors and main
entrances of the palace.
AS the day progressed the crowds
around Buckingham Palace augment
! ed and the cautious wording of the
early bulletin was much discussed
| Soon after 2 p. m, second bulletin
| was posted, as follows:
THE King passed a comfortable
morning and his condition so far is
satisfactory. (Signed) Treves. Laking
and Barlow"
This was regarded as being some
what more favorable and the good inn
preston which it created was enhanc-
ed by the arrival at the palace after
wards of the Duke and Duchess OF
Aosta, who came from Dorchester
! House to lunch with the royal family
The observers deduced from this that
unless the Kings condition was fairly
satisfactory the Queen would not have
entertained the visitors, for she has
been constantly at the bedside of her
husband
At $3.50 D. m, to-day, Sir Francis
Knollys, private secretary to King Ed
ward told a representative of the As
! ISOLATED Press that no particular
change had occurred but that the King
was maintaining the improvement in
his condition.
His Condition Most PrecariOus.
The following statement was made
this afternoon on the highest medical
authority
Until the tubes now draining the
cavity of the aibscess have been with
] drawn it will be impossible to feel cer-
tain that the King will pull through
What his physicians now have to feai
is that peritonitis or hemorrhage may
supervene. There must always be this
danger in such cases. Again. 1t is
fact that an abscess due to perityph'
litis may have a fatal issue without
any warning symptoms. All the lndi-
cations are often masked until the
post-nortem, and there are many cases
on record where the disease was only
| discovered after death from an ex'
trsneous cause, such as an accident
At any rate the Kings grave illness
must invalid him for a long time"
AT THE KINGS BEDSIDE.