The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 21, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXIX—-NO. 52 N o SAN FRA QUEEN CLINGS TO LIFE, CISCO, MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1901. e —— n 2 S— PRICE FIVE_CEN BUT ALL HOPE IS GONE Royal Invalid Sinks Into Unconsciousness and It Is Feared the End Will Come Before Emperor Wil- liam and the Prince of Wales Reach Her Bedside D e e e R o B S O O O S O O O T T O O S RS a s | “THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES. EMIPEROR WILLIAM ARRIVES POST HASTE IN ENGLAND TO VISIT THE DYING QUEEN 4 the news for Lon- at hand act that the to leave Os- aging effect. Vietoria sta- » Sir Prancis ndred peo m. But there nd a respectful Clarendon t von Mirbach ived the Ei rted him to a special wal his Majesty’s train people began t station.The crowd e usual hangers-on, nable people and hundreds nxious 1o see the Emperor ance in London in years. me 80 large that the with squads of mounted e people on the streets, for two blocks to Nelson's ‘rafalgar Square. Through procession of royal car- ing_two footmen in yel- d. The carriages entéred ation and drew up near the The Prince of Wales arrived just before n entered the statfon. The Duke of York, Prince Christian, Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein and Prince Arthur f Connaught completed the group of roy- al personas mperor William stepped out of a sa- loon carriage wearing a traveling suit. He saluted the Prince of Wales by kis both cheeks, and the Prin similar salutation. He then Duke of York and shook the others. The people who arriages drove off un- and Emperor Wil of Wa acknowl- esy by removing their No cheers broke the mournful si The crowd in the vicinity of Buck- alace maintained the same de- meanor 1 the nperor and the Prince Wales retired togeher. At 10 Prince began a conversation » House which lasted nearly a result of this the Em- 1 Prince decided to start for Os- (Monday) morning. Orders n a royal yacht should he waiting to convey them to the of Wight | During the day the members of the | diplomatic corps and other motable per- sons entered their names in the visitors’ book at Buckingham Palace. | The rumors that the Marquis of Salis- bury and the Archbishop of Canterbury | had been summoned to Osborne House | were incorrect. | In churches of all denominations pray- | ers were offered at the morning services, and in most of them the latest bulletin regarding the Queen’s condition was read. The chief rabbi resquested special pray- ers The following notice was read In the Roman Catholic Pro-Cathedral at Kings- | ton: “The prayers of the congregation are asked for her Majesty, the Queen, the condition of whose health is a cause of nxfety and sorrow to us all. We pray that by God’s help her Majesty's recovery may be speedy and complete.” The Dean of St. George's Chapel, Wind sor, read the prayer for a sick person when there is little hope of recovery, be- ginning: “For as much in all appear- ances, the time of her dissolution draw- | eth near.” \HAS BEEN ILL FOR MONTHS LONDON, Jan. 20 (Special Cablegram to the New York World).—A World corre- spondent obtained to-night from a source within court circles the first comprehen- sive and actual account of the Queen’s lliness that has been given out, - This | me time. Even before her visit to Ireland she had ! been a mental wreck for months. When- ever it was officlally announced that she made felicitous responses to speeches at public functions it is a matter of cold | statement bears out the information which has been cabled to the World dur- ing the past six weeks of the causes of the Queen’s {llne: The facts given to-night place the {ll- ness of the venerable Queen in a start- ling and pathetic light. They show that her mind has been failing for s fact that the poor old Queen was In such | a daze that all she could say to her com- panions was: “Where am 17" Several times when she appeared in public during the past six or eight months she has fallen asleep. Had it been any one els but the Queen of England it would hav been plain long ago that her malady senile decay. And that, truthfull what afflicts Victoria. But for her phys ical breaking up of the past week, an attack of paralysis In the left side, it would have been possible for the court and the ro household to have kept | from the British people knowledge of her mental decay for an indefinite period For the Queen had lapses of intellectual vigor, . but these were more distressing to her than her periods of mental density When her brain was clear she immedi- ately reverted to the horrors of the war in South Africa. Again and agaln she harped upon the war. This war, which she strove with all her power to aver:, made the last hours of England’s Queen most wretched and miserable. In her lu- cld intervals it haunted her incessantly. The Queen's strong constitutidn mani- fested the first symptoms of serious de- cav during the stay of the court at Wind- sor in November and December of 1899, when evil tidings of the South African war, which began tue previous October, arrived in rapid succession. It was at this time that the Queen had fits of crying in an aggravated form which immediately preceded her present critical illness. The assassination of the King of Italy last July shocked her deeply. Later came the death of her second son, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Edinburgh), which in a few weeks was followed by the death of her grandson, Prince Christian Victor. The prospect of an indefinite prolonga- tion of the war was the trial under which her healtn again began to sink in No- vember last. Her spirit remained un- daunted, and when it was reported that President Kruger had said the war would claim her as one of its victims the Queen declared: “I may die, but Mr. Kruger won't kill me."” In December her feebleness rapidly in- creased. Sleepless nights were passed in’ prayer and tears, G++4444 0444444444440 44 4400 TO PROCLAIM } EDWARD KING * = e v =} 2 - = 2 LONDON, Jan. 21 (Special cablegram to the New York World).—The privy council - bas already prepared its pro- clamation announcing the ac- cession of the Prince of Wales to the throme. It is as fol- lows: “Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God to call to his merey our late sovereign lady, Queen Victoria, of blessed and glorious memory, by whose decease the imperial crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is solely and rightfully come to the high and mighty Prince Albert Edward, we, there- fore, the lords spir- itual and temporal of this realm, being here with those of her late majesty’s privy council;, with numbers of other principal gentlemen of qual- ity, with the Lord Mayor, Al- dermen and citizens of Lon- don, do now hereby with one voice and consent of tongue and heart publish and pro- claim that this high and mighty Prince Albert Edward is now, by the death of our late sovereign of happy mem- ory, becoms our only lawful and rightful liege Lord Ed- ward, by grace of God King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, defender of the faith, to whom we do ac- knowledge all faith and con- stant obedience with all hear- ty and humble affection, be- seeching God, by whem Kings and Queens do reign, to bless our Royal King Edward with long and happy years to reign over us.” B4 +4+444444 444444444444 AWAITING THE CALL OF DEATH Night of Anxiety for the Members of the | Queen’s Household B L L T O O S R R R L R R s D O R Rt s L R D R R R e e Invalid Has a Sinking Spell Which Brings on Unconsciousness OWES, Isle of Wight, Jan. 21, 7:5 a. m.—The Queen is still alive, but all hopes are gone. Doubts are expressed as to whether the Prince of Wales and Emperor William will ar- rive here before the end. An enormous crowd of news- paper representatives and others with carriages, bicycles and lanterns has col- lected at the lodge gates waiting. in in- tense excitement to convey the news, momentarily expected, that the Queen has breathed her last. train left the Victorla station for Os- borne at 8 o’clock this morning with Em- peror Willlam,, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York and the Duke of Connaught aboard. COWES, Isle of Wight, Jan. 21, 5:15 a. m.—The membyrs of the royal family are gathered in a room adjoining the Queep’s bedchamber. Her Majesty is unconscious and the end is expected at any moment. Immediately on the occurrence of the Queen's collapse, at about 10 o'clock last evening, a message was sent to London summoning the Prince of Wales and Em- peror Willlam. The Prince of Wales was in such a condition of health that it was utterly impossible for him to leave Lon- don at that hour. It is understood that the physicians have resorted to artificial methods to pro- long life, such as are used only in extreme cases. \ Arrangements have been made with a local undertaker to have all the prelimina- ries to burial ready In case of an emer- gency. LONDON, Jan. 2L.—The Dally Chronicle has recelved the following dispateh from Cowes, dated 12:46 a. m.: “The Queen is reported to be sinking fast. The réctor of Whippingham was summoned at mid- night, and he has just.arrived in one of the Queen's carriages.’ LONDON, Jan. 21, §:% a. m.—A special | COWES, Isle of Wight, Jan. 21, 8 a. m.--=The death of the Queen is near at hand. B R R B O R R e R S S R R R R R I e e -+ She is alive, but unconscious. 3 ° — i’ | ! i QUEEN VICTORIA IN HER CORONATION ROBES. o+ + SURPRISING CALM SETTLES UPON THE LONDON POPULACE AS THE QUEEN’S LIFE EBBS Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1901, by the Herald Publishing Company. ONDON, Monday, Jan. The announcement about the Queen that greeted clubmen as they hastily rushed to the telegraph board this morning seemed to extinguish all hope in those who read it. It was: “7:15 a. m.—~The Queen {s alive, but her condition is very grave.” | he was withholding. ! | Do you ask what the feeling is in Lon- | | don? It was one of most extraordinary sur- | prise.. It seemed almost a sort of. callous- | | ness.: 1 happened to be at a big luncheon | | where were assembled several leading |-diplomats. All were astonished at the ex> | traordinary calm that London showed un- There was a crowd outside of Bucking- | der such trying circumstances. } ham Palace and Marlborough House. Mapy persons had waited all night. notices given were on white sheets of pa- per and were posted on small boards six inches by twelve, as primitive as any- thing could be. Poor “Bobby” had a very hard time of it. kept asking him a multitude of questions. Persons in the crowd There was really more talk In society | | would do when he came to the throne | than about anything eise. Already two | camps are formed on this subject—those who say the Prince will remain exactly what he has been and those who say the world will be astonished when it sees 2L.— | As a rule they insisted that he had news | what a dignified and august attitude he will adopt. If you only listen to such talk you will hear it in every drawing-room. The entire conversations will give you an fdea of the extraordinary callousness of the English upper classes; but not so with-the plain people. Throughout the day many expressions were heard resenting an article published in the Paris Matin, which sald “The' Queen's weeds are stained with The | to-day about what the Prince of Wales | blood. Judgment must be reserved until one sees the paper, because one can scarcely believe that a paper having an office In London and paying the Times a consider- Continued on Fourth Page, 4