Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-07-08

rAaktng S0tis1aStory troBreSS-Med1-
cal Advisors Say Monarch Is Dis
playing Great Recuperative Power.
King Edwards condition was reported
to be much Improved Sunday, he was
thought to have safely passed the crisis
and there was wide assumption that
aothlng was To be expected henceforth
bus announcements of an uninterrupted
tetarn to strength. The Queer was cheer
ful and hopeful and continued 10 display
most devoted solicitude. She was in the
sick room the greater part ef the day.
The King is able 70 take plenty OF nour-
shment. So confident are all now of the
Kings complete aud early recovery that
il has been informally settled that when
the time arrives the royal patient VIII
be carefully removed to CoweS and placed
on board the royal yacht.
Sir Henry Thompson said the Kings
condition was hopeful for recovery The
only danger to be feared. in Dis opinion.
was the possibility of cellular or other
ISSUES in TIE region of the wound hecom-
ms affe ,ted, but from what Ather medi-
cal men said, tie steady Improvement in
his majesty's Sondition was attributable
10 the fact that he had been able to main
tain his strength. Ii the King continued
to hold his own in this respect his recov-
cry was assured.
Ills recent habits are in his favor. for
it is a fact, although not known 10 many
outside OF the royal household, that the
king is, and has been for a long time
ahStaninfta - Atet lpHAa1
this is made necessary by the fact that
he is troubled with diabetes AID is under
q dlabetic regime. As this Is u progress
siye complaint, and regarded by many
physicians as virtually incurable, it is
easy to understand that the King had
strong personal reasons for wishing to be
crowned at this time. 1t is also easy TO
understand why Queen Alexandra, now
feeling most sangune of her husbands
recovery, has suggested quiet coronation
in Westminster Abbey as soon as he is
convalescent, which would be in the latter
part OF August or September.
OF course, the magnificent coronation.
which was TO have been the most SPLEEN
did spectacle Of the modern world. has
vanished forever. No attempt will be
made to have great celebration, for
King Edward will not be able for many
mouths to endure any trying ordeal.
The Kings Sickness.
Seldom before in so striking a manner
has the uncertainty Of human events been
50 forcibly expressed as when, with all
London filled with guests--aath rulers
aud royalties and embassies assembled
from the four corners of the earth to wit
ness the coronation of King Edward
that august and impressive frnction was
postponed owing to the sickness of the
King.
The announcement struck CONSERVATION
aud dismay into the heart oG the great
metropolis. At first it could hardly be
credited And then as confirmation OF
it was made and the knowledge was OBJ
tanned that the King had to. submit to
an operation, gloom and sorrow took the
place of sprightlineas and rejoicing. An
air Of depression settled uposi the city.
Crowds gathered in hushed tones about
the bulletin boards, to learn tie latest of
the royal patients condition, and every
where there Were manifest the outward
signs OF a deep public sorrow. The scenes
were similaC to those which marked the
passing away OF Victoria, for since his
Accession and particularly since the hap
BY ending of the Boer war King Edward
has been sensibly growing il, popular
strength and favor.
| The Kings sickness is what is known
as perityphlitis 1t is an Inflammation,
including the formation of an abscess
Of the tissues around the germiform
appendix and in the popular mind is not
readily distinguished from appendicitis.
A week previous the trouble manifested
Itself, but under treatment tae King
seemed to recover rapidly and on Satur.
day his coSdition was such thet his ply
aItsans believed he would be able 70 go
through the ceremony or coronation, The
trouble, however, beeame agsEEyated and
Tuesday his physicians decided lpon tho
operation The Kiag was placed under
the Influence of chloroform aid Che op.
eration was successfully carried out. The
abscess, which had formed, was removed.
AS for london, the people were dazed.
They hSd just thrown off, as it were,
their mourning garments for the death
OF the Queen and had plunged into the
Joyful anticipations Of the coronation fes-
tiyities when with stunning slddenness
their joy was turned into sorrow and
burning anxiety. In all the churches
prayers have been offered up for the re-
coyery of the royal patient anc in the
ranks Of high and low there is a gnaw-
ing sorrow for their ruler and King.
disappointment and sympathy.
London had million foreigners with
in her gates for the celebration end four
more millions were ready to cross her
threshold from the United Kingdom.
These with her own six millions, were
greatly disappointed over the postpone
ment. Not only we're those who were 10
witness the splendofs incidental to the
coronation, but the great worlI beyond
were moved to sympathy for the mon
arch who had borne himself so niodestly
since being entrusted with thel imperial
sceptre Of power,
A London correspondent sHys that
those who have watched closely she King
since bis mothers death have Rot failed
to notice that the great responsibilities Of
the position were goiBg hard against him.
The bright eye, the rudy glow OF the
cheek the vigorous hand clasp. the quick
ened step. the cordial greeting which dis
ting lisaed him as the Prince Of Wales
began TO lessen under the exactions OF
kingship. He did everything to conceal
the inroads upon bis hsalth, but It was
evident to those around him that unless
there came a chang his reign would be
a short one He worried greatly over the
Boer war, as his mother had done, and
it's Termination was TOO long delayed TO
save him from the Consequences OF his
intense anxiety while it was in progress.
Their tie anxieties 81 the coronation were
addeG 10 make mind and body sick aud
render life miserable.
Riots over abandoned Feasts.
The abandonment Of the coronation
feasiinEs has led 70 a number Of riots
at different places. The worst occurred
at Watford, where. when it was announc-
ed tie dinner for The poor and the dis
tributioa Of shillihgs and sixpeuces TO
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