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KING EDWARDS CONDITION
His PROGRESS Described as Being in
Every Way Satisfactory.
PAIN FROM WOUND INEVITABLE

staesmsue Given Out ut Buckingham
Palacs Said II Need Cause No Alarm
Bonarss Lighted AL Over the United
Kingdom In Celebration OF the King's
Improvemsns-ThsO Omc.sl Bulistips.
On the seventh day Of the illness Of
King Edward the following bulletin
was issued at Buckingham Palace:
THE King has had q fairly comfort.
able day and the discomfort in the
wound has been less.
"TREvES.
"LAKING.
BARLOW"
The bulletin issued at 10 o'clock a. m.
said:
His Majesty has slept well. The
dressing Of the wound gives much dis.
tress. but there Is NO bad symptom OF
"TREvEs.
"SMITH.
"LAKING.
BARLOW"
At noon the following official state
ment was given out at the Palace:
There Is no cause for alarm In the
distress caused by dressing the wound.
This occurs ut least twice daily. The
wound, which Is of considerable depth.
Is dressed from the bottom. as 1t Is es.
sential that 1t should heal from within
ourwards. The dressing causes His
Majesty considerable pain. which he
has borne with great fortitude. In
fact, His Najesty's courage and pa
tience call for the greatest admiration.
'The King was much benefited by
the change in the couch yesterday. on
which he stayed for few hours. The
electric fans have proved Of great value
In keeping down the temperature OF the
apartment.
THE Queen Is in constant attend.
ance In the siIS room. but the utmost
quiet Is enforced. The King OCCASION
ally sees his children. but the inter-
views are of short duration. No mat
ters of state or business are allowed to
be submitted to the King. who Is also
debarred from reading his correspond.
ence.
Neither Drs. Laking. Barlow nor
Treves have left the palace since the
operation, except for IN occasional
hour"
This statement was Issued with a
view to correcting the numerous un.
founded stories published with clrcum-
stantIal detail regarding what Is al
legged to transpire In the sick room.
The general feeling of relief In conse.
quence of the favorable reports Of the
condition Of the King vented Itself on
Monday night by the igniting Of the
5000 bonfres throughout the United
Kingdom which originally were pre-
pared to celebrate coronation night.
The signal to light the fires was
given at 9.05 o'clock. A rocket was
sent up from the gigantic wheel In
EarIs Court and burst In q cloud Of
stars 1000 feet overhead. In response
to this signal bonfires rose from every
elevation of any consequence from the
Lizard to the Orkneys. The celebra-
tons unfortunately were somewhat
dampened by q downfall Of rain.
LOuuOu WIS uot OuuCiutty ihuuinatcu-
The display In London In this line was
confined to the theatres. the hotels and
the business houses on the. Strand,
Fleet street and other thoroughfares.
There Vas a celebration at Spithead
during the day. when the nearest ap-
proach to review Of the great feet
there was seen In the trip of several
frapsDorts having on board volunteers
and colonial troops and many dlstin-
guished persons. who inspected the en-
pire's first line Of defense"
General James Fl. Wilson. who was
to have represented the United States
Army Mt the coronation of King Ed
ward. accompanied by Colonels Biddle
and Borup, and attended by Sir John
Innes Ker. went to Windsor and placed
q wreath on Queen Victoria's tomb. In
behalf of the United States Army. A
royal carriage met the party at the
Windsor railroad station.