The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-06-26

fall of half point. His majesty,
under ordinary conditions, was not
looked upon as good subject for
operations, and though the king
passed successfully through the or
deal it is believed that four or five
weeks must elapse before he will be
able to undergo the arduous labors of
the coronation ceremony. There
fore, no date can yet be indicated for
carrying out the coronation.
Official announcements of the kings
serious illness were made to public
bodies as speedily as possible.
To Garry Out Country Celebrations.
During the afternoon the earl mar
shall, the duke of Norfolk, issued the
following notice:
"The earl marshal has received the kings
commands to express his majesty's deep
sorrow that owing to his serious Illness the
coronation ceremony must be postponed
The celebrations in London will In conse-
quence be likewise postponed. but It is the
kings earnest hope that the celebrations in
the country shall be held as already ar
ranged"
The king also expressed to the lord
mayor his desire that his majesty's
dinner to the poor of London be not
postponed.
Special Ambassadors to he Sent Home
Nothing has yet been decided re-
garding the movements of the foreign
guests. The first intimation which
Whitelaw Reid, the special ambassa-
dor of the United States to the
coronation had that anything was
wrong was contained in communica-
tion canceling the state banquet
which was TO be held at Buckingham
palace Tuesday night, but no mention
was then made of the postponement
of the great ceremonies of the week.
1t is understood, however, that the
special ambassadors and royal
guests will return to their respective
coustries as soon as more definite
news is received of the result of the
operation.
President Hears of Kings Illness.
Washington, June 25.-A cablegram
from Ambassador Choate, at London,
to the state department, received
Tuesday morning, says that the
coronation has been postponed in
definitely on account of the indisposi-
ton of the king. The message was
taken to the president by Acting Sec
rotary of State Hill. and the former
laid it before the cabinet,
The president just before leaving
the white house for the railroad sta
ton sent the following cablegram to
King Edward:
"TIis Majesty. Edward VII, London
ask your ma iesty 10 accept my sincere as
rurances of sympathy and wishes for speedy
convalescence.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
Explanation of Kings Illness.
New York, June 25-Dr. Cyrus Ed
son explains the kings illness and
the operation as follows:
"Perityphlitis is inflammation. including
the formation of an abscess, of the tissues
around the veriform appendix and, hence
perityphlitis is hard to distinguish at once
from appendicitis Usually an operation is
necessary to ascertain whether the appen-
dix or the surrounding tissue is diseased.
In the kings case there Is probably an
abscess at the head of the large intestine
where the appendix begins, and the opera
ton to-day was an immediate necessity be-
cause the abscess had to be got at and
emptied of its contents, or pus. OF course
cannot say what further than the abscess
was discovered by the surgeons-that is,
to what extent the Inflammation had af-
fected that part of the kings body. I'm
der ordinary circumstances he ought to
recover in three or four weeks, but after
recovery it would perhaps be four weeks
more before he would be able to perform
his part in the coronation ceremony.
1.-THE kings trouble is in his right side,
low down"