The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-06-26
EDWARDS LIFE YET
HANGS IN THE
BALANCE
Passes a Restless Night But
aFairIy Comfortable
Day.
THE BULLETINS BRIGHTER
What the Physicians Have Now to
Fear is .Peritonitis or
Hemorrhage.
THE DISEASE WORKS MOST SECRETLY
An Abscess Due to Pertyphlitis May Have a
Fatal Issue Without Any Warning Symp-
toms, So Declares a High
Medical Authority
(By the Associated Press.)


London, June Midnight. liking
Edwards cndition tonight is even more
satisfactory than has been indicated by
the bulletin. He has made a decided i'm
provement and the feeling at Buckingham
Palace is very hopeful. His Majesty is
able to take nourishment. He had scram-
bled eggs and little hook and soda this
evening and with his own hands he
opened several kilograms
The following bulletin issued at eleven
O'Clock tonight is regarded as intensely
satisfactory:
1.-THE King continues to make salts
factory progress. He slept some hours
during the DAY. He complains very lit
tie of discomfort and is more cheerful.
The wound is doing well.
(Signed.)
TREvES, LAKING, BARLOW"
This bulletin is generally taken as be-
ing the first occasion upon which .the
Kings doctors have allowed themselves
to express, even to a small degree, the
hopeful feelings they undoubtedly though
privately. entertain. Thirty-six hours
have now elapsed since the operation was
performed, and the absence of complica-
tions creates hopefulness in all quarters.
although, as has been frequently said
in these dispatches, several days must
pass before the possibility of danger can
be eliminated.
Notwithstanding the fact that this is
the eve of the intended coronation day,
and that London is ow even more
crowded with people than it was yester-
day. the scenes witnessed on the streets
today were in marked and pleasant con-
trast with those Of Tuesday evening The
81 reckless rejoicing which was then so dis
gracefully prominent was quito unheard
tonight. Traffic pursued it's way unim-
peded. and even the most popular thor
,oughfarcs were comparatively deserted.
No illuminations dispelled the natural
gloom which settled over the metropolis
The moon failed to penetrate the dark
ness over the city and a rather cold Wind
was blowing.
Quiet and depressed. the crowds waited
outside Buckingham Palace for the
nights final news f the sovereign. or
several hours they kept their patient
vigil wandering aimlessly. but with pal
which fronts the roval residence. For
some reason or another feeling per-
vadcd the crowds that il the King lived
until tonight he would live to be crowned.
Inside the palace all was still. Queen
Alexandra, who had been in the vicinity
of the sick room today, dined with a
few members of the royal family. The
callers who came to the palace in the
course of the evening contented them
selves with driving UP to the outer gates,
where they alighted and walked in to in
q,iire at the equerries' entrance for the
latest news.
There they met only liveried servants
and small knots of reporters. With the
exception of these callers and the noble
men who have the entree to the court,
everybody was rigidly xcluded from the
palace by the police. Lord Grey, direc-
tor of the British South Africa Company,
and who recently visited the United
States, is among those having eGtree to
the court. He said to a representative
of the Associated Press tonight that he
hda good hopes for the Kings recovery.