The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-29

talnco. Ihe wound occaSionaliy causes discomfort.
 (Signed) "TREVES, LEAKING, <. "BARLOW." London. June 28.-So accustomed has the public become to receive news of King
 Edwards condition that tonights latest
 bulletin, while read with eagerness, was
 accepted almost as matter of course.
 The word discomfort" used in connection
 with the wound in the Il o'clock bulletin,
 is not regarded as having special signif-
 canoe, and 1t is announced that the trans
 fer of His Majesty from the bed to wheeled couch caused the royal patient
 no pain.
 The Prince and Princess of Wales and
 the Duke and Duchess of Connaught and others of the royal family dined at Buck | ingham Palace this evening. Smaller Towns Illuminated. New Castle and some of the smaller l towns in England were illuminated to- night in celebration of his majesty's 1 progress toward recovery. l It has been definitely decided that the | Prince of Wales will inspect the colonial l contingent of troops July 1 on the Horse | Guards parade. The troops will be under command of the Duke of Connaught. The King was very cheerful this morn ing after over five hours sleep. and his | temperature was normal. On Sunday his majesty will probably be transferred 1 from his bed to a couch, where he will l be able to reclne. He Is already able l to slightly raise himself by the aid of | pulley.
 | When he first made an attempt to do
 so the Queen adjusted the pillows
 as to form back rest and with a sigh
 of intense relief the King exclaimed:
 "Ah, that Is better!'
 In view of the Kings rapid recovery 1t
 is small wonder that the groups of the members of the royal family which gath cred at Victoria, Station this morning | were happy and cheerful The Prince of l Wales went there to bid farewell to his l cousin, Prince Henry of Prussia and to the Crown Prince Louis Philippe of Por- 1 tugal and others who were leaving Lon | don, including the Grand Duke of Meek
 lenburg-Schwerin. Frederick Francis 1 and the Egyptian and Moorish envoys. One of the staff of the last named said l to a reporter: "I am smitten to death with sorrow for King Edward. England is great country. but I am glad to be going back to civilization" Without a Parallel. The week which has witnessed emo- | tions of such conflicting and intense character as to be without parallel in
  | gan-in rejoicing. Englishmen themselves can scarcely realize that in the brief space of five days the country has gone through the most acute stages or 1ubila-
 ton, fear, doubt and hope. Now with today's bulletin they are all talking or
 the festivities, many of which will occur as planned.
 The Crystal palace, July 2, will be the scene of the brilliant hospital ball in which so many Americans are taking
 part. On July 4 the Indian office will be transformed with oriental decorations, plants and flowers for the Asiatc recep- tion, when the Prince of Wales Is expect ed to welcome the visitors, and London's poor are eagerly looking forward to their free coronation dinner. Among the disappointed stand owners and other sections of the public. there is a strong desire to have war parade with Lord Kitchener, but he is likely to en- deavor to dodge any public shows. | Failing on Kitchener the stand proprie- tors have to rely on the Kings first public | re-appearance which Is likely to be a | drive through the streets to the national | thanksgiving service That, however. | must be some time hence, a man in his
 sixty-firs year, in spite of his wonderful | ly quick recovery from the immediate re- | suits of the operation will probably have l to submit to a rather lengthy convalesc- l ence
 Fakirs' Great Loss. | What at first sight was one of the most l pat hetic features of the postponement of the coronation. among all the serious flracial endorsements on every hand. f was the utter demoralization of the street "fakirs," who had been counting for
 mo nths past a rich harvest. Features of the Strand. Fleet street and the hotel entrances today were street urchins,
 mostly of tender age, apparently weep ing over the trays of cheap medals. pins and other out-of-date and inappropriate souvenirs Their wailing pleas were al-
 ways aimed at well dressed pedestrians. "Only penny stuck wifi me medals; please buy something!' The appeals frea quently succeeded.
 Had the coronation occurred. American women would have constituted one of
 the most brilliant features. The Duchess
 of Marlborough had new coronet even
 more magnificent than the big pearl-tip-
 ped tiara she has hitherto worn at court.
 Her unworn acquisition rivalled that of
 the Duchess of Portland in which the
 great Portland diamond itself worth
 R12000, has been reset.
 Mrs Arthur Paget who would have
 had a seat in the Kings box at West
 minister abbey. would have worn q
 costly emerald and diamond tiara col
 lar, pendant and brooches formerly be-
 longing to her mother, Mrs. Paran
 Stevens. Mrs Pagets dress was em-
 broidered with diamonds and pearls-
 The Queen Receives WhiteIaw Reid.
 London, June 2S.--Queen Alexandria re-
 ceived Whtelaw Reid the special am-
 bassador of the United States. and Mrs.
 Reid at Buckingham Palace this after
 nocn in farewell audience. Her majesty
 rec eived Mir and Mrs. Reid alone. The
 interview lasted some time. and may be
 wei. considered great compliment to
 both MT. and Mrs. Reid and the United
 States. as the Queen received no one but
 her own family since the King became i'll.