The evening world., 1902-06-24
We FEARS THAT THE KING MAY NOT RECOVER
Though Hours Have Passed Since
the Kings Serious illness Be-
came Known, All England Is Still
ParaIyzed by the Shock.

LONDON, June 24.-Although it has been hours since the
first report of the illness of the King reached the people the para
lying effect of the announcement remains.
Every bulletin board is surrounded by anxious subjects of the
King, and newspaper presses ar unable to supply the demand Tor
information.
A silent, sorrowful assemblage surrounds Buckingham Palace,
eager for the best news, fearing the worst.
The first news of the actual condition of affairs in Bucking
ham Palace was made known this morning when a bulletin was is
sued by Sir Francis KnoIys, private secretary to the King, an
nouncing that the coronation ceremonies would be postponed and
that an operation would be performed at 2 o'clock.
At the same time the announcement was made to the House
of Commons and other public bodies.
The acting Lord Chamberlain, Lord Churchill, personally de.
livered to the Mansion House, the official residence of the Lord
Mayor, a message regarding His Majestys illness.
PRAYERS FOR HIS MAJESTY.
All of those who we're to have taken part in the coronation
rehearsal at Westminster Abbey were ready to proceed this morn
ing when the ominous news wa sent from Buckingham Palace.
The Bishop of London, after the announcement of the illness Of
His Majesty had been made, requested the congregation to pray
for the recovery of the King.
To the people the announcement of the illness OF the King
was delivered through the Earl Marshal, the Duke of Norfolk, in
the following notice:
The Earl Marshal has received the Kings com
mands to express His Majestys deep sorrow that owing
to his serious illness the coronation ceremony must be
postponed.
The celebrations in London will in consequence be
likewise postponed, but it is the Kings earnest hope that
the celebrations in the country shall be held as already ar
ranged.
WILD EXCITEMENT IN STREETS.
In the dsnselyt hrongei srocts through which the coronation process
sion was to ave passed the widest excitement prevailed. M'hS struggled
around the bulletin boards.
Newspapers containing news oft e slmmest description commanded
whatever picest the vendors cared to ask.
The great tide of travel has set in. London is crowded with strangers
and the effect of the news Or tn tpo"em oil '' ''Fo"""o"' ceremony
is Understandable.
MEANS ENORMOUS FINANCIAL LOSS.
Fevnish gambling IN te life of the King is being carried n Lloyds
was thrOnged with men willing to bet that HisM Majesty will live Or die.
Tradesmen who had laid in enormous quantities If supplies for the ex-
pected rush are in despair. Tons OF fish are suret to OF at Bllnssgate and
tons Of meat must be thrown away
Bakers who had prepared to bake millions of oaves must change all
their arrangements, and in the ranks of those who looked upon the corona
ton from a commercial standpoint there is the veriest panic.
SPECIAL ENJOYS MAY GO ONE.
What the foreign guests may dc Is undecided. 1t will be so long before
tho coronation can take place, in the ever of the Kings recovery, that for
them to remain in London is out of the question.
The understanding is that the special Ambassadors and special guests
will return to their respective countries IS soc as more definite ley is
received of the result of the operation.
Hope is derived by the people hat on account of the skill and expert
ence of the surgeons who operated upon the King thu chances of his rel
covery are greatly augmented.
Certainly no more distinguished men in the world of medicine could
have been secured than those who took steps to save the life of Englands
sovereign to-day.
NOTED SURGEONS IN CHARGE.
Although it Is not officially announced it is understood that the direct
Kirg. and Sir Thomas Barlow. Physician to His Majestys household.
They werca s8hsted by Sir Joseph Lister, Sergeant Surgeon in Ordinary
IN King Edwrrd and discoyerer OF antisepuc treatment in surpery: Sir
Thomas Smith, late Vee-President of the Royal College Of Surgeons. and
sr Francis Henry Lakng, Surgeon Apohccary &c the King,
HOUSE NOT TO ADJOURN. .
nounced that N operation had been performed n the King and that His
Majesty vas progressing as well az possible.
MI. Banour added that. while the Kings condition "a undoubtedly
grave. he did not intend to increase the public alarm by adtourning the
House
will be dsregarded unless assurance is received that the King will recover.
GLOOM AROUND THE PALACE.
At the entrance to the palace proper the scene is N of gloom. Out.
wardly the scene is different at the Ambasadors' entrance 200 yards away.
All Of London is in the grasp of apprehension, Money N amounts al
One of the first to call WAS Whtelaw Reid. Special Ambassador from the
United States He IA followed by Indian princes in barbarc magnla-
cence. women gowned in the height Of fashion, truly n imposing array,
but INCREASINGLY silent n rave,