Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-06-27
KING EDWARD ILL
CORONATION HAS BEEN iNDEF.
lNITELY POSTPONED.


London, June 25.-With dramatic
suddenness the king has been stricken
down upon the eve of his coronation.
He now lies in critical state at
Buckingham palace, and the coronation
has been indefinitely postponed. Sir
Fr:ncis Knollys, the kings private
secretary, issued the following official
announcement yesterday afternoon:
''The king is suffering from perityph-
| litis. His condition on Saturday was
so satisfactory that it was hoped that
with care his majesty would be able to
go through the ceremonies. On Mon
day evening recrudesence became
manifest, rendering surgical opera
tion necessary today"
Two hours later the following bulle-
tin was posted at Buckingham palace
THE operation has been successfully
performed. A large abscess has been
evacuated. The king has borne the
operation we'll, and is in satisfactory
condition"
There is no question, however, that
the kings condition is extremely criti-
cal. King Edward is in room facing
the beautiful gardens of Buckingham
palace, and far from the street and the
crowd. If last nights progress is
maintained, he will probably tide over
the effects of his severe operation,
which successfully removed the local
trouble. But should any complication
occur, such as septic peritonitis or
blood poisoning, it is feared his majes-
ty's present physical and nervous con-
dition would prove unequal to the
strain involved. There is consequently
intense anxiety as to the outcome.
The kings doctors believe that his
majesty would have been dead before
now except for the operation. His
condition became 60 alarming that at
one time it was feared death might
ensue before the surgeons knife could
afford him relief. Intense swelling of
the extremities, accompanied by
alarming symptoms of modification,
constituted the emergency, and de-
manded an immediate operation. To
the last the king tried to avoid this,
and he was willing to be carried to the
abbey for the coronation ceremony in
order that it should occur as arranged.
The influence of Queen Alexandra was
enlisted, however, and at an early
hour yesterday morning the royal pa
tient was prepared for the operation,
which even in the skillful hands of
England's best surgeons was fraught
with grave danger.
Queen Alexandra is terribly upset
and nervous. The royal grandchildren
were driven to the palace shortly after
l O'Clock yesterday afternoon. The
Prince and Princess of Wales remained
at Buckingham palace throughout the
afternoon and when they left they ap-
pea1ed decidedly more cheerful than on
their arrival.
The best opinion seems to be that no
less than three months postponement
of the coronation is inevitable, and
even in the event of the king recovery,
the crowning of his majesty will GER
tainly be shorn of all it's arranged for
glories.
In the streets the change which came
over the crowds was most pronounced.
Traffic seemed momentarily paralyzed
and it was long before the full effect of
the startling intelligence was felt.
The work of demolishing the stands
and all the paraphrenalia prepared for
the coronation is in full swing. Hun
dreds of workmen, who, yesterday
morning, were engaged in putting the
finishing touches on the various jobs,
are now at work tearing down all that
had taken weeks to accomplish. The
loss of the insurance companies will be
heavy, as great numbers of commercial
companies and private individuals had
taken out policies to cover them from
the loss of receipts from stands and
the cost of decorations in the event of
the coronation not being held.
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