The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 22, 1901, Page 1

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VOLUME I\\\I\ \() 753. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1901. ¥ PRICE FIVE CENTS. VICTORIA RALLIES SLIGHTLY UNDER TEMPORARY INFLUENCE OF STRONGEST OF STIMULANTS Physicians Adopt Desperate Measures to Prolong Her Life Until the Arrival of Emperor William and Signs of Dimin- ishing Strength lndlcate That the Reactlon Has Set ln LONDON, Jan. 22---8:35 a. m. --An official bulletin /ssuedj at Osborne House, at 8 o’clock, says: | "The Queen this morning shows signs of diminishing strength, and Her Mayjesty's condition again assumes a more | | serious aspect. REID, | “POWELL, | “BARLOW.” | The Cowes correspondent of the Dal/y Express learns un-| officially that the Queen took nourishment freely after mud-|| night. At 5 a. m. 1t was announced that she was expected| to live until Thursday morning, unless unexpected camp/lca-‘ tions occurred. b ot o A ? 5 = $ e | | | - The following ss the full text of the midnight bulletin posted | at Oshorne House: “There s no mateérmal change in the Queen's| condition. The shght improvement of the morning has been| muntained throughout the day. Food has been taken fairly, well and some tranquil sleep seeured.” -~y ES, Isle of Wight, Jan. 22, 1 a. m.—Another day in the Victorian era, now so rap- | r ng t clos 1w ut any great change in the condition of Queen Vic- E | ( 4 tor es i ement so frequently mentioned in the official bulletins merely | the inevitable. The end may be a matter of days or only royal family who are now dragging out a weary visit at e Queen is merely a question of a short time. v was the satisfactory portion the Queen spent in afternoon and still retained at 10 p. m. At that 1] rumors to the contrary notwithstanding. Royalty ite from the terrible ordeal undergone during the early royal family were called to a room adjoining the Queen’s four times vesterday morning and were kept in momentary expectation of hali-past 5. Her Majesty’s physicians then had only a keep the Queen'’s feeble life in existence until the Prince 1 be 1'to the frequent use of brandy and champagne. These the greatest emergency justified, worked their process, Villiam-entered the castle grounds, at 11:30 a. m., had expected. 1 Monday to enable her Majesty to live until her eldest me extent, for.the doctors are fearful that the remedy trust to prolong her life by moderate application of u ent as can be assimilated. Such expedients as were e v morning are not considered justifiable. ( more than her physicians, and when at 4 o’clock s or chicken broth their amazement almost equaled their de- g no false hopes upon these tading signs of what has been one ich woman ever was endowed. Despite the favorable after- reatly the period between 6 o’clock and midnight. ‘When that ‘was |, 4 t she would live at least through another day, though their memory | 4— | relapse kept their anxiety at high tension [ VICTORIA, QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND AND EMPRESS OF INDIA. the death, when it occurs, is likely to be publicly announced in London before ‘ ON THE OCCASION OF HER VISIT TO IRELAND LAST YEAR THE QUEEN SAT FOR HER PHOTOGRAPH TO LAFAYETTE AT DUBLIN. IN TES- cording to present arrangements the first telegram is to be sent to the TIMONY OF HER APPRECIATION OF THE RECEPTION SHE HAD RECEIVED, HER MAJESTY WORE A SPRIG OF SHAMROCK IN HER BONNET, of I There is an enormous- telegraphic staff in Cowes, and additional facilities re 13 Osborne. y - ’ . are bewailing the fate that is likely to befall Cowes, for it is known QUE EN S PHYSICIANS pERMlT KAISER ; ybably will never make Osborne House a place of residence. : an er bsence of local excitement. The town has settled down in patience WlLH EL” TO REMAIN ONLY A SHORT as Emperor \\ fl]n n arrived at any place in England with so little eclat. No sa- TIME AT THE BEDSIDE OF THE INVALID re 1, no cheers were given. The men of the guardship Australia silently manned her : The crowd was equally undemonstrative, the people contenting themgelves with baring It was a greeting given to the grandson of a dying woman more than to the ruler of % " L Special Dispatch to The Call. gre ; ! tately After luncheon at the castle the Prince of Wales, Emperor William and the Duke of Con- !zo?f'm?‘(mfh';.fl:_ ‘mnm“'l-'he“-za:l‘l ‘2:3.':’,.2‘3 b‘;‘,:gt:: ::::: ::l::mn::::.y‘-‘:: :‘:en:: ' g:{:fi«";&:&i'.:::“::T:':;:(:: kit ght strolled around the grounds and visited the Sailors’ Home. The Bishop of Winchester, O 0 e M gt gy S B (< Ko b b P s “‘":fl‘!"e';“‘ Fendy oy B s heen at Osborne since Saturday, visited the rector of Whippingham. Meanwhile most of orl e o watohera wait. | rise in the hearts of wearied watchers. | gaet ot B IO O e e e ey e thr g o few ed outside the gates of Os- | ‘Through the'gates up the long roadway | Prince of Wales, the Duke of York and | hid “ome S84 (080 © the ladies at Osborne House snatched a few hours of sleep. o2 g.m,m..,mm we see the lights of the great house |the Duke of Connaught. Two open car- ;‘:::X":;:':B:,";':\ ot Then a dull evening dragged into night and the uneasy sleepers, around whose royal home xfigflfiu‘:}'g‘n‘g e Mm ,,n "”:;, ,..2:".".,“::4 <o el dorand e s e | £%0 WaspoN SIives sud o “;,:‘r Sasie the wind howled piteously, got what rest thev could in the intervals of a vigil which the whole |no hopes ot recovery At night there is the sflence of the tomb, | mony, no crowds, no cheering. Horses | 7 COUCh: T0OKINg madly W . <o the A . : he day passed it .mmufl w ‘broken only by the midnight appearance | trotted swiftly up the road and when they | world was keeping in company with them. | Morning will soon be dawning and stili | of the physicians’ messenger beariag & | were reined up at the door the Kalser | " Continued o Second Page

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