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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1902-07-03, Page 76RBAT BRITAIN'S JOY TURNS TO SMNESS. _1111_._ _1111 People Greatly Startled by Neo n of Ring's Illness. Tile AntlounCement (lade In the Abbey at Rehearsal -1111 -.-The Official Notice of Postponement ----.Crowds Gather hi the Streets• ----Work on • Stands Stopped ---Guests May Go Back ',widen, Juno 24.—'aria sudden an- nouncem'ent of the imetponenent of the corenatien, just on • the eve of the ceremony, caused, the utmost conetci'naation everyw•itere. The news spread like wildfire, The tons of thou- sands of occupants of the •streets sudcleuly stood still under the sudden • sdtoek, and gazed at one allother in silent dread of what alight eamo next. On Saturday and Sunday so- ciety was discussing tho reports .of the ICiug's illness, and though the eir- cumtstantbalita, detail and sources from wild( they came precluded en- tire disbelief, there was a disposition to doubt the stories, and waren the positive, ,categorical denial was of- ficially Issued, they wore dismissed as being wirfounded. 1Lemorrhoidia, apoplexy and lumbago were of the Icing'smaladioa discussed in, the clubs and drawing -rooms, and those dis- cussing them recalled the stories how the Xing, oven cluite recently, reit- erated alis belief that be would nev- er live to be crowned. On tate stock exchange the et feet of the startling news war 1m - ;mediate. Prices wealtened, led by consols with. a fall of naalf a point. Not a Good Subject. Ills Majesty, udder ordinary condi- tions, was apt looked upon as a good subject for operations, and tlluugh the Icing passed successfully through the ordeal, it is believer, that four or five weeks court cholas before he will be able to utidergo the arduous labors of the coronation ceremonial, Therefore, no date pan yet be indi- cated for carrying out tho corona- tion. Official announcements of the Taiag's serious illness were made to public bodios as speedily ue possible, Aunouuced In the Abbey. Word was sent to the House of Commons, and .tete acting Lord Cham- berlain, Lord Churchill, personally de- livered to the Manhiou House, the official residence of the Lord Mayor, a message regarding His eiajesty's alums, and et this morning s re- ltearsai'of the coronation ceremony in Weetmiustor Abbey, the Bishop of London, the Right Rev. Arthur In- gram, at the request of Lord Ester, the deputy ;governor of Windsor Castle, made a statement as foilews: " I have to make a very sad an- councemeut. The King is suffering from an illness which makes an operation necessary to -sae. The coronation, tltereforel, Is postponed." Tho Bishop requested the congre- gation to join iii tho Litany out of the coronation service, and pray for the recovery of the KIug. The Official Postponement. 1• I• • During the course of the after- noon the Earl I'Ia:veal, the Duke of Norfolk, issued the following notice: "The Earl Marshal has re- ceived the Iieg's °demands to ex- press His Majesty's deep sorrow ,that, owing to his serious illness, the coronation ceremony must ae postponed. The celebrations in Lon- don will, in consequence, 1 e like- wise postponed, but it Is the King's earnest hope that the celebrations in the country wail be held as al- ready arranged." Tho Xing also expressed to the Lord Mayor iia desire that Ills Majesty's dinner tto the poor of Loudon be not postponed. Nothing has yet been c?recided, regarding the movements of thte foreign guests. The first intimation with which it was received by the spe- cial Ambassador of the U. S. was the notice of postponement of the ;State dinner. Guests Aiay Go Homo. It is understood that tate special ambassadors and royal guests will return to their resplective countries so .soon as more definite mews 1E3 received of the tomtit of the opera - Cion. ' Outside of Buckingham Palace en- ormous throngs of people congre- gated since early morning for the purpose of witnessing; the arrival of the special ambassadors who were to be received by the Xing and Queen to -day. Largo numbers of foreign representatives actually arrived, but the shortness of their stay was no- ticed. Inquiries rvero made and soon the news of Isis litajesty's serious state of health was circulated atnong the waiting thousands. At the various palaces and at the Gros- venor, Buckingham, Carlton, Cecil and other .Hotels where the foreign ;representatives aro staying- the hews created the greatest dismay, Royal carriages were already drawn up In readiness to take the guests to the reocption at the palace, but the mo- ment the "tickers" announced ills Majesty's Minces all the prepara- 'ttoae for the day ceased, , In the streets the change which mune over the crowds was most pro- ttouttoed. Traffic seemed momentar- ily paralyzed, enc] lb war long~ be- fore o-fore the full effect of the startling Intelligences was bolt. Largo crowds; gnlelcly gathered (around the Mansion Ileuse., where the official notice was put tip by a police inspector, who fire( mortnted the stops And read oat the bulletin, 'Welch Was' reedited with r eepectful bilenee. in the Streets. The streets, as tiro slay wore cn, (become more and more congested, and the holiday crowd eoncentrat- edl into groups reading and re-rrrad- Ing the "extras," Most of the peo- ple apparently felt dared and Hoarse- ly appreciated the full import of what they reed, Work on the kande erected 011 all sidles, to enable people to view - the coronation procession, was gradually tits -continued. PILO Lor(1 Meyer hide lnstruoted the Workinen to demolish the ,4tttndi1 in fight of the Mat cion hour('. In Piccadilly, along nearly the ('pole length of rrhiuh 'Wo!`l:npen Ware 'completing the theore:tic/1Kand the roattivny wan bloated with Nights score, newsboys were yelling the itnnounnonte.Itt of the pestpnnrrus'nt Of the Coronation, bat the Workmen Home --R lading the Bulletins.. in teat part of London stolidly eon_ timed to flues,( the work, Willett they will only have to take, doen to -mor- row. At :about, 1 o'clock in the afternoon three copies of the signed medical bulletin were posted eu different parts of the railing surrounding the front of Buckingham Palace. Tho crowd which had been so numerous during the earlier part of the day had by that time dwindled to a few hundreds, but a constantly, increas- ing number of fashionable occupants of passing carriages elescended to read the bullotius. • Regretted Disappointing People. In the comae of tate early of ter - noon the bulletin from Buckingham Palace announcing that the opera- tion had been sueoessful, that a large abscess had been evacuated, and that the Kbng's condition was eat- Lsfactory, was issued and posted at the various points where people con- gregated, and shortly attorwards a court olficlal informed a representa- tive of the Associated Press that His Majesty woos resting satisfactorily froulr t'bo effects of the anaesthetic; Tee Xing treated the idea of the op- eration very lightly, itis great con- cern being for the disappointment of the people. "This, however," added the official, "was, entirely unavoidable, for up to tho last moment tlie medical atten- dants comfidontly hooped the patio ent would be able to go through at all events the more important of the coronation ceremonies," Treves grred the Knife. It Ler understood that the opera- tion was performed by Sir Frederick Treves, w'lio correctly diagnosed the complaint, cane] is a specialist in ab- dominal operations. Many of the foreign representatives called at Buckingham Palace this afternoon to make Inquiries about the King's condition, Tho Primes of \Valour has been at titre palace all day long, and the Duke of Cennauglit has been there most of the time to -day. The Queen's Anxiety, A.t 6 o'clock this evening Queen Alexandra is terribly upset and nervous. The royal grand party were driven to the palace from York house shortly after 1 o'clock. The Priuce and I'rineess of Wales remained at Buckingham Palace , throughout tate afternoon, receiv- ing the visiting members of the royal families, who drove up in royal carriages to the inner court yard. Princess Henry of Battenburg arrived late and enured the palace, almosrt unnoticed, through a pri- vate door. At about 4.30 p. in. the Prince •and Princess of Wales lett the palace in an open carriage, looking decidedly more ch;eorful .than wheu they entered it, Great consternation was caused by the rumors teat the King was actually dead, and the visit - ore at the ambassadors' en- trance were greatly relieved when they hoard 'the truth. It has been arranged that Sir Frederick Trleves and Sir Thornes Barlow aro to sleep at the palace to -night. Sir Joseplt Lister Will also bo in at- tendance on the patirent this even- ing. - l`lIIS hest 'S 1)ISI,JAS0i. Ur. (Edson, of New York, on it and clic Opera(ien, Few Yore, Juno 24,—Dr. Cyrus Ed- son explained -tiro King's illness and_ the operation to-dkay as follows: "Perityphilitis is inflammation, in- cluding- the forming of an abscess, of the thistles areupd the vermiform ap- pendix,and hence peritypitilltis is Bard tee distinguislt at once from appen- dicitle. 1JsuaIly an operation is neces- sary to asicert:ain whether the ap- pendix or the surrounding tissue is diseased. In the King's case there is probably an absoess at the stead of the large intestine, where the vermi- form appendix begins, and the opera- tion to -day was an immediate neces- sity, bc:o:tuso the abscess had to be got at and emptied of its contents, or pus. Of oours:l I cannot say what further than the abscess was discov ere,I by the surgeons—that ls, to what extent the inflammation had of -1 fcettrl that part of tiro King's body. Under ordinary circumstances ho ought to rceover in three or four weeks, but after recovery it would perhaps be four week's more before ho would be able to perform his part in the coronation ceremony. "Tete Itiug's trouble is in his right side, low down," Patient's Geed Progress. Meanwhile the Xing le going on OA well as could be erpeeted• Whe- ther trio physicians were looking for signs of appendicitis when they found the :abscess, 00 whether 0 sup- plementary operation May be re- quired in the emirs() of 0, row days, the patient has been temporarily relieved from pain, and tliere are no Lndica.tions of an immediate relapse from hemorrhage or perltonitis. The theory generally accepted Is that lie cannot be pronounced out of ihunte- diato clanger' before the ami of the week, and that udder most favor- able conditions convalescents° will be slow, 11edlent Journals Hopeful. Medleal papers speak hopefully of the X1ng, s chances of recovery. The British Medical ,lrntrnal states that the operation on the Icing war per- formed In tlto ordinary way, the in- rlslott being mule in the usttal situ- ation, but the a1)sees8 which was opened lay at a considerable depth and was of a very large size. The matter evacuated had w:dd'rgone d1e- cc0npasition, so than it is chew Isis Majesty trail borne, with admirable courage, novae) sufforiag In the Trope of 001 disaag pointin;y hes sntee els, hrtaabsetes was completely rV:teuated awl therotlrhly wades] out, two 1argn drainage tubes were intro. th ere.l andi the menet packed with a11. t:Aol)tic gauss. Booing regrti'(1 to the fact that the 3(1)seess ryas sltuate(1 within the abdomen, it le, of course, impossible to s:ty conte complication may hat yet :(near. At 11 o'elocet last taiga the offieeal Irttltettn stat- ed that the Kings, was snaking; Hattie factory pt`ogrese, ,((bone tlie ,'meter, 't'oellg;ht ((1eoo Alt Andra, 1110) had been lir the \delnite Of the Viet room theentire day,dined With f rct� be' o 1 m in is of the royal fan ly, The careers who 00(00 to the palace In the course of the evening eon - touted, thenestolves with driving; alp to the miter gates, where they alighted and walkod in to Inquire at the oquerrles' entrance for the latest news, There they Met gnly liveried servants and small knots of reporters. ,With the exception of -these (NUMMI and thje noblemen who have the entree to the tweet, everybody was rigidly oxoh aled: tom the palace by' tbe.pollee, Lord Grey, a direc't'or of the Brittelf South African Company, is among those having entree to tire court. Ile said to a represenitatlrgo of the Assto- elated press to -night that be had good hopes Ser the :[zing's reeoYery and that be was sure every English- man was deeply touched with the sympathy of the United Spates In the present calamity, although, Lord Grey added, "such kind expressions of feeling aro only what I should expect after my decent pleasant experience of Arnerlean hospitality." A Message Prom the Queen. The first direct expressiaa of opinion froisi Queen Alexandria W410 1eeelvecl to -day by the Lord Mayor of Leeds. Acknowledging a message of sympathy from the Lord Mityor, Queen Alexandra telegraphed: "Isis Majesty is programing favorably." rho King a (cod i'etuient. A favorable facitor mentioned by several of those at the palace to-daY was the Xing's adaptability to tee se- vere regimen involved. "Ile is an ex- cellent patient," said a peer who had just seen one of the members 01 the 11oya1 family. "f10 does everything he is told and doers not worry, unlike many Royal personages. This consid- erably helps 'tile doctors 10. their ef- forts to pall ]tamp through. 1Vitll a younger and thinner patient, the King's progress up to this afternoon would, proba.biy permit the doctors to be more optimistic, but they are care- fully avoiding any possibility of in- spiring premature rejoicing." Ruiners of cancer. Frequent rumors of the gravest de- soriptionhave obtained circulation In London. One of the most persistent revived the story teat the Xing was sufffering, from dancer. When ques- tioned on the eubjeot 11118 afternoon, Lord Francis Knollys, the Icing's pri- vate secretary, acid: "I give you •my word of honor that elm icing has no cancer. Ile never had a. symptom of cancer, and there is no malignant growth wliatover In connection with his malady." . . , *seined till , I s od n � in at trig prevent � rs nt Y g' i) lime there are no indications of the occurrence o1 any surd(, anti should' 114 aoMplioatlons arise Isis aloe stg may be restored to health and live many years to occupy tale throne.' Dr. Treves says that the Xing on Juno 18th founts lits temperature e10 - voted, and there were swellings and. tenderness in the right iliac fossa. These are symptoms of perityphlitis,. buts during the two following days 1. Ileum, or small intestine, Opening of appendix into cae- eum. 3, Vermiform appendix. 4, Tito caecum. 5. Ascending; colon. Dotted line shows region of neri- toneal folds affected by thio inilaiu- elation!. a ' ( all the ominous symptoms disappear- ed. When Dr. Treves saw the Icing on Saturday his temperature was normal, and the swellings were gone. He believed there would be a rapid recovery. It was only Monday when Dr. Treves saw him again, that the doctors began to be suspicious that there might be pus inthe right iliac region, Tile temperature on Monday waif 102 degrees. 'elle swelling rap- idly increased. The operation showed that an abscess of very large size lay at a considerable depth. Hits London hard, Tho business section of London Is slow to recover from the stunning ef- feotte of yesterday's developmente. While the barriers around.Westmin- seer Abbey have been removed, the decorations are being completed for dx xst:ion , awl tru b esarising' fI from the abscess. When an abseUSY forties in peeityplrlitia it Is probable that the ride to Ilio is at 03(00 raised to 80 -per cent, Bull found —Wieder-1U rate in 67 eaaCejl of abseoes watch were not treated eurglcgally to be 48 per cella. Ifitz in his analysts of 174 fatal eases found that the day of death was as follows: Per omit. Deatjis on the gle0ond, day 4, Deades on the tlllyd day 11 Deaths on the fourth day ,., 7 Deaat'h& On the fifth day' Deaths on the sixth day it Deaths on the seventh day ... 12 Deaths on 'the eighth day 12 Deaths on the ninth day , 6 Deaths on the tenth day 4 Deaths on the eleventh to twen- tieth jay ,..11,11 . 7 In J'ourth to eighth Week , "It will bo noticed,—end the matter 10 important in connection with treat- meet—heat only db per cent. die within 48 ,hours, and only 22 per cent. before the fifth day. The highest death rate comes between the seventh and eighth days," 110,.6, lx Gambling on the King's heft. A brisk business was dono last week at Lloyds" in the coronation event. The odds given were 100 to 3 against the event oecurring, or, to 1180 tin technical expression, the rates of tate risk of tate King living until Jane 24 ruled at 8 per cent. premium. Many thousands of pounds sterling were underwritten on this basis. This 8110118 to what an ex. tent public nerVouaness had grown in certain circles. AS '1'() lNSt1ItANC0i. Coaitpttnios Will Lose Only if the King Dies. The condition of the Icing's stealth is of unusual interest to the several Canadian life insurance companies who took special risks to guard Lon- don tradesmen against loos through tine possible postponement of the coronation ,ceremony. One London firm of insurance brokers, J. Delelos eat Sons, four months ago placed among Canadian life insurance com- mittee 4:20,000 of this clues of risks, ill amounts from £1,000 upwards, four Toronto companies writing pol- icies. While Intended to protect against loss tluouglt postpnuemont of - the coronation, tete policies do not cover this directly, but only indirectly through insuring the King's life until after the coronation date, with priv- ilege of extension of the policy fur - CAIS MAJESTY KING EDWARD VII. 1ti0tli7'OslleiM41,11dW ®S'v0seassti4VaVsafiasa• tt arJ When asked his own opinion of the King's case the secretary, who was made a Lord to -day, replied : "The IK:ing; le a duan well on in years, who leas' undergone a very serious opera- tion. You can judge as well as L" According to Sir Frederick Troves, who performed the operation on King Edward, and .himself one of the greatest living surgeons and .special - lets upon abdominal troubles, the chances of death in cases of pori - typhlitis where abscesses form, as in that of Xing Edward, aro about one In three. The official bulletins say that the abscess in tills instance was hnurcessfully evacuated. Sir i'rederick Troves also declares that tate period when death is most likely to occur, if at all, is from the fifth to the eighth, day. He also ex- presses the opinion that the knife should not bo resorted to until sev- eral days have elapsed from tate ap- pearance of the symptoms unless the ease 134 a very acute one, in which surgical interference is neces- eery immediately, Judging from the opinions of this distinguished physi- cian, it mity be assumed that either alto King's condition has developed very stuldo:,Iy—in which case mortal-. Lty is very probable—or else ho star been a Very sick man for several days, and the physicians have been , attempting to 'patch up" their patient for this week's ceremonies. The British Mcdlcel Journal. The 13ritiett 1.boclleal Journal says: "Since the operation the progress of the Xing hag been as satisfactory as Could 1)e coped for. Hie Majesty is by no means oat of danger, but F411ou1d the sylmptoans pursue 'the course thitherto followed there is goods meow) tp ]rope for 111e restor- ation to te:title ()Meg to the nat- nae of Me affeetiopn and the ellers atter of the e ut'gI,eal dressing used, it is inevitable ttllt conrvaleseonee will be soMete 1(at ,prolonged, but Nye aro glad to believe ,;haat If no, eompll.: cation' arise there is no reason 10 fear that recovery wilt not bo mar - pieta The conditien•& of the ptl.rts, mule clear ai't the operation, le Stroh as to assure the surgeons that the abscess was (111(3 10 one of those unexplained fntflaaivrations which, aro known to occur with re- markable frequcnoy Its the iteeghbor- hood of the vermiform appendix, It was not doe to any orgatlie disease of more eerb0ms nature or to a mal- Ig;nant growth, Iiaving reg;aril for the Net that the abscess wets jait- naatedl 1vit:hln the abdong% it Is lm - possible to say that some eole plica- tion Will fait J'et arlee, but Wo feel, the benefit, to -morrow and Sunday, of the crowds. The demolition of tate stands has begun, and progresses slowly. The hotels and provision deal - fluor for one year. Tho insurance with the Canadi'in companies was effected at the rate of £1`2 for a policy of £1,000 until ers are Hitt the hardest. Thousands tuiduight of luno 3011i, or until Xing of pounds of perisha.bio food of the Edward's coronation. In case the coronation :did not take place by midnight of June 110th the policy car- ried the right of further insurance most expensive Varieties are crowd- ing every refrigerator in London, 111(11e orders for many tons more, telegraphically cancelled yesterday, fora (period of not more than twelve will remain a 'sonroq of litigation or months at 'a premium. of £10 per compromise. The caterers of the lash- month. for £1,000. Venable west end establishments have The insurance companies will lose already announced that they are only in ease of the cteatir of Xing wilting to share the losses of their Edward. patrons, who bad given large orders for delivery to -morrow and Friday. ,,e It p< I)I;A'i'li 1.iGi1T TiMmS. Few of the caterers availed them- selves of insurance, the recently of- Itlt,g I+ldwetrn's Career Nearly ent fenced Lloyds' rate of ten per cent. be- ing constdeeed too high. ikeeny propri- dtate of reviewing stands were thus protected. But the important gum - 'Gan marline alto whether the nioney paid for aeries will necessarily be re- funded. Only a few goats out of nearly half a mi111on were sold with any spe- cific proviso on this point. The mratufacturerS of medals and souvenirs are badly hurt. One of theme said that ten million medals, dated Juno 26 and Jnne 27, already struck, were now valueless. Altogether, London's business loss 18 incalculable, and the people of Portsmouth, where preparations in- volving; a big expenditure had been Made for the naval review, aro sim- ply crushed,. . Streets Deserted. The streets of London to -day seem- ed deserted, compared with the be- ginning of the week. The elite./ points of interest were Buckingham Paine() and Fleet Street. At both lo- calities crowds of people surrounded every ballotin board and anxiutoly bought numerous "extras." A cure, ons fact in this connection is that 'onto of the outlying; suburbs had no general realization or the postpone- ment of the coronation till the red - dente read the morning papers, The demand for papers In this city and tine nearer suburbs yesterday ab- eorbed the whole supply before reaelt- in.g the outer fringe of London. The general post•-oftece 18 overburdened with telegranna. Many private mes- sages filed yesterday oonit not be 1 transmitted and were not delivered today. The Disease and its ('odtoso. "Perityphlitis," says Dr. Ilawkins, "Would 0ppeer to bo the Most fatal the quite young once the quite iftd. 'T`lto contnton ea.ugee of death are (111- Nee perlto ttls, collapse, eeptienaniia, 1118 guests. Short on Several Oeecastons. On the following occasions tate King has been within tate reach of death and has escaped each time: While a ochoolhoy at Oxford a bo'tt 111 which he rear move ti; teas over- turned. Ile saved himself be swim- :tting ashore. Upon returning to England, in 1860, after his visit to the United States nut Canada, his voyage was ro delayed by storms that war ships were pent in search of the war ship Hera In 1871 an attack of typhoid fever threatened to remit fatally. Itis life wen (osp:tired of, but was saved through vigorously rubbing him with brandy, in 1875, while tiger -shooting in India, a tiger sprang upon the Prince',s elephant, Ilia life was saved by Colonel White, of has suite, Who killed the beast. In 1808 he seim)cel and felt on a etatrw:ty, eustaitttng; an accident to late knee wh1.;11t threatened to i)r:1ke hist( lame for life. Within it few months he had completeiy recov- ered, On April 4, 1000, while on mete to Copenhagen, wee shot at by a Mat -crazed youth named gipldlo, at the BraelMs rnilwny station. Two 44110tH were fired, both of which miss- ed titter mark. While an a visit to Emperor SVII- hLaom of Germany he was hunting stags, and two of theta eh:treed upon 11134 horse. The horse reared and threw' hint to the ground. Ile was 0111x c lightly bruised. IIo mitres, death be just telt see- onda otr Shautror`k II, twit enmrner while they y;tdtlrt Nyco on a trial iwpin. 11`43 Ivan a guest of Sir Tbornas Lip- ton; tiro boat Wal4 (aught In it &Mali and the ((lata tinct rigging Went over, imperiling the life of the 11001 slid SERVICE OF iNTERCSSION INSTEAD OF CORONATION. mpressive and Solemn Scene • in St. Paul's. Prayers for the Welfare of the King of the Greatest of the World's Powers, Who hies Sorely Stricken --.-dr (loll Save the King,t".-.--.Envoys Who Will Have to Return to Their Homes. London, Tune 26.—At the hour when the Xing should bavg been cl'ea'ned a great and distinguished gathering, almost identical with that which rvould brave ,sat in Westminster A1:bey gathered is et. Paul's Cathe- dral. The approaches to the cathe- dral wore lined by relent throngs, tlilough welch drove peers and peer- esses, colonial premiers, foreign en- voys, nadd mm leap TlouseinbofssaCoorsmmonsan, all eht sombrebersof clothes. Iu the nave about a thou- sand of ;the Westminster Abbey tteket-holders, meetly 'women, were seated. Shortly before noon the big west- ern doors were swung open, sunlight etreamsd in, and the Duke or Cam- bridge, leaning heavily on the arm of an equerry, walked to the chancel. As twelve o'clock struck there arose from the far end of the nave the clear notes of the Opening Seutenres of Ilse Litany. chanted by four of the cathedral clergy. 'Their tones were in such unseen that they seemed to emanate from ono powerful voice. The choir took up the responses. At each sup- pliealiou the procession, headed by the cross, advanced a few steps anti then stood still until the response was completed. Through the kneel- iug congregation the choir advanced to the chancel steps. A score of the clergy followed, and behind :them were ten bishops in gorgeous robes. Then came the Archbishop of York, the llfost Rev. William Dalrymple AlneLagan ; the Archbishop of Can- terbury, the (Most Rev. Frederick Temple, and the Lord Mayor, Sir Joseph C. Dlmsdale, the corporation, in full state, bringing up the rear. Very Impressive Service. With evident feeling the choir sang tale three Psalauts of intercession, at - ter wench the Bishop of Stepney, the Begat Rev. Come Gordon Lang, read the lesson, Isaiah, chapter 88, verse 10: "I said in the Quitting off of toly dayie I siha11 go to the gates of the grave; I atm deprived of the re- sidue of wig years." , The Bisuop of London; the Right Rev. Arthur F. W. Ingrantg, from the altar steps, read the prayers, " 0 Lord, save the King," rang out to the reediest recess of the dome and brought awbtole-soured response from the choir and the congregation. Tho anthem and the singing of the hyme "Phdnen. o1 rate, 0 Lord, In, days of old Was strong to ileal and save," And Psalmr 51, concluded tibe short service, whereupon, tile Bishop of London, surrounded by tithe arch- bisbops a'nd bishops from the altar steps, impressively pronoulnoed tale benediction. Bowed in Prayer. For a few moments complete sil- ence reigned, and all beads were bowed Ln prayer, after wihich the almost blind Archbishop of Canter- bury was carefully led down the steps, the procession, re-formed, and the congregetionn went out into the sunitghit, gladly diseussiug the wording of tho latest bulletin, from Buckingham palace. Simultaneously a similar service was uenducted at St. Margaret's Mural, Westminster. It was largely attended by Cabinet Ministers, peers and members of the House of Cotamons and was eouclud- ed \vital singing "God Save the King." From India, Australia and Africa, everywhere where Bretons congre- gated, telegrams announced the aold- ing• of impressive, supplicatory, ser- vices.: , iiNVO3tS IN LONDON, Who wilt [Lave to Pack Up and Go Heine. The following are the special en- voys in Loudon, wino have hall their journeys in vain: United States—Whitelaw Reid. jtussia—Tile 11.0re*italry* Grand Duke Michael. Turkey—Turkban Pasha. Saxe -Coburg -Gotha --The Duke of Sax e-Coburg-ijothaa. Saxony—Prince George of Saxony. Spain—Don Carlos do Bourbon, Prince of the Asturias. Sweden and Norway—The Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway. Roumania—Tho Crown Prince of Roumania. Portugal—Tho Crown Prince of Por- tugal. Netherlands—Baron Sirtema de Grovesties. Montenegro—Prince 1)an1110 of Mon- tenegro. Monaco—The Hereditary Prineo of Monaco, kfccklenburg-Strelitz---Tho Heredi- tary Duke of eMecklenburg;-Strelitz. Luxemburg—Count d'Ansernbourg. Mocklenburg•Sc hwerin—000nt von Vietinghoff. Italy -The Duko and Duchess of Aosta. Austria-Hungaria -- Tho Archduke Frauds Ferdinand. nesse,-Tete Grand Duke of Hesse. Greece—Tate Duke of Sparta. Bavaria -- Prince Leopold of Ba- varia. Germany—Primes Henry of Pruesta. France—Vice-Admiral Gervais. Denmark --Tiro Crown Prince of Den- mark. Wurtemberg--Duke Albert of Wur- tennl:org. Belgium•--Prineo Albert of Belgium. Mina—Prince Chen. japan—Prince Akihito Komatsu. Egypt --- 11rimooatiliatnmed Ali Pasha. Iecua&Ior—Sonor ))on Homer° Moria. Argentina—Senor bon V. L. Do- minguez. Bolivia --tenor Den Avelino Ar - mayo. San etarino-Cavatiero Professor Torquato Carlo Gfanninl, Salvador—Dr. Rafael Zaitliv tr. Peru --Senor Don Carlon G. Cans dams. Brazil --),f. Jotaritlttl Nebuere. {:1x111. --Senor de 'Tinge (Tang. I)ominien.n Republic—line Astran'le. Costa Itbea--Senor C'irisanto Me- (°0lonr bra• -,Senor Don IgIL ferret-;I'on�ce. Gauzibar--laid, Alt. S,ervla.-(fen, Laze I';etrovitash. letlilapia—Itis Mhkonnen, 101:4.10Kieran—SenorDon Leon Vel. les, Guatemala --Senor Don Fernando 4'ruz, Iiayti-,-hi', Louie Joseph jangler. :(1„ 1:I. Moazzed-ed Dou- 1, Paraguay -.tenor Don Eueolalo 1fa-, 1lehilini11.ster ear Foreign Aftalrs.. itifearagua—Dr. Fernando Sanchez, Liberia—Baron de Stein, Siam --Tire Crown Prince of Slant, tae. Uruguay—Senor Don Juan .Cuss- Mexico—Senor Don Guillermo die Lando y Eocandon, Morocco—Ka1d Abderrabman Tien Abdersedek, Governor of Fez. 010 Gut - A Speclntlgt's '1 aik. Dr.Myron P. Denton, the specialist In gynaeeoiogy and the anaesthetic expert for Drs. Bull, john B. Walker and Weir, died this to say yesterday, afternoon,: "If the King has perityphlitis then 130 1,0 ltaoini•lawhat upmatiroeon oalimay appoudhe!oonittylise, '141 cueounr, but ibe inflammation, there canoe from inflammation, in ttlte ap- pendix. One is adjacent to the other and the primlary seat was, You may depend upon it, the appendix. In this country quay a very few of our op- erations for the removal of the ap- pendix have a fatal teenSinatlon. Ten years ago enbst pt the opera- tions ter tee rentiaval of the appen- dix, as performed In England, ter- minated fatally. Now they have changed all that, and most of the patients get well. There is one thing particularly ins time Xing's favor, the anaesthetizers of England are the best in the world, "The Clover -Hewitt method of giving anaestthetice originated in England. We use It here. Dr. Hewitt devised a m11aolllne for mixing nitrous - oxide with ether and that ,mmlacbine is used in England and the United States. By the use of it nitrous -oxide, or laughing gas, is Mixed with the ether and the patient conies out of the anaesthetic in, much better shape than when the ether alone was used. Unless a septic condition was found by the surgeons no serious results of the operaltion meed be iooked for. But even if such, acondition were found, and the region was properly 'walled up,' as we say, it may be tak- en for granted that the Xing will livdp," ; lifturh of the success of the opera- tion depends on the way in which the patient comes out from the ether. If he awakens without nausea, Half the battle Ls wens because the wound is not strained by the retelling. If there are no complications, the pa- tient may leave 'his bed at tate end of twenty-one days. Then the period of convalescence begins and the pati- ent snag go about 111s ordinary bus- in0ss in about a mon:thr after he has got o&tt of Itis bed. The proicess of recuperation de- pends, of course, on the general condition of the patient. If, before the operation, his life has been well ordered and regular, the per- iod of convalescence is shoet,ened. Two common complication)) result- ing from the operation are pn,en- monia and pleurisy. Tine former usually develops, if at all, within a week after the operation. The age of the patient has something to do with the result of the opjeratrion. May be Less serious. Dr. J. Darwin Nagel, consulting surgeon for the French hospital, New York, expressed the belief that the King's ailment might be a l,ess serious natter than the ordinary • case of appendicitis. "Perityphlitis," said Dr. Nagel, "means an inflammation of that part of the intestinal canal sur- rounding the appendix. Appendici- tis, in ,tine general meaning of the tertu, would indicate an inflamma- tion in the appendix. "Peritypltiitio is usually of a ca- tarrhal character, and by removing the affected part, th,e inflamma- tion dieappears." Dr. Frank Hartley, professor of surgery in the College of Physici- ans and Surgeons, said he consider- ed the Thug's condition particular- ly grave because of his :advanced age and his oorpuleney, "There are two 3Vaee," said Ilr. Hartley, "in wlrieb perityphlitis may develop. It may erten in the caecum, and 1n. that cane would probably extend to the a,ppen(Iix. Then again it may be inflammation extending from the appendix.'' I)r. Howard C'oliier said that, in his opinion, 'tlte 0iaancos were in favor of the King's recovery, al- though he 'would probably not be able to leave his bid for six weeks at least. He said there were two possible elemients of danger to the operation, shock and blood poison, "If the Icing survival the operation Tor forty-eight hours," said Dr. Collins, "the danger from shock will be gone, howoriar," Not a Complete Operation. It is 11ot generally understood by readers of the semi-official accoent Of the oper:1(1031 that it was neces- eery to remove a section of the bowel itself, and that even If the Xing realise from the present crisis another serious operation 11111 be necessary tis soon he he is able to bear it. Lord Lister, one of the physicians in attendance, remarked to a friend today : d d r • The operation wail the most seri- cite; to 1(:111(11 a man of the King'H age and condition toned be, subjected." They took what le described as one desperate r-ltanee. Not to operitte meant certain death within forty- eight lours.. unci there retrained the possibility of prolonging, If not Hag - lire by the radical use of the knife. That jpoesibility they seized, as it (Was their duty, to do, t The U. S. Government. will lnvlttt the foreign g~ovc•ruments to 1M111 fele- gates to the enterntatlonal Uinta Con/trees which convenes in I3utte, na, X:orea-I1. '1. IL 11 mai halt, In ;gip tember for u, flee ' , I I) o dla s wee. 9 day r, of tut 'fang. Mon.