Show I I QUEEN VICTORIA I IS PARALYZED t Aged rVIonar of Great Britain Was Stricken Last Night and the End Believed t r Be NT < to I < I r I e ear O jJ f t f F i < i t i t Prince of Wales Has Received Authority to Act in Her Majestys Stead and Thus Has Been Created a Practical l Though Not Constitutional RegencyRumor From Osborne House Is That the Queen Cannot Live Until Monday J I J I > London Jan 20 850 a imA 1 < I dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph + Tele-graph company from Cowes oio J1 says It Is learned unofficially i v this morning that vhe Queen was 4 i alive at 715 oclock Her condi 4 i s lion Js extremely grave and 4 it hopes are growing fainter Zit Z-it A dispatch to the Press asso 4 > elation from Cowes understands 4 4 on good authority that the 4 Queens condition Is critical I 4 4 4 Cowes Isle of Wight Jan 20 4 I 210 a mQueen Victoria was 4 f stricken with paralysis last night it oIc Routers Telegram company un 4 3 tlcrstands that the Prince of 4 I4 Wales has received authority to 4 4 act in her Majestys stead and 4 hi thus has been created a practical 4 or practi-cal though not constitutional re v 4 gency 4 4 The Prince of Wales will go to 4 v London this morning wherewith 4 SI where-with the Duke of York he will 4 4 meet Emperor William Whether i I the Emperor will proceed to Os < I I borne depends upon the result of 4 1 t tills Interview 4 44 + i + 44 4 4 4 444 4 4 44 4 oi The Queen lies at deaths door She was stricken with paralysis tonight I I A rumor purveyed by Osborne house employees declares that the Queen cannot live until Monday but this receives re-ceives no official confirmation though it Is admitted that It Is scarcely even likely that the Queen If she recovers at all will regain the use of those vigorous faculties which have distinguished dis-tinguished her among the women of all tlmCROYAL ROYAL FAMILY AT BEDSIDE Gathered at her bedside are the Prince and Princess of Wales Princess Louise and other members of the royal family while Mr Ritchie the Secretary Secre-tary of State for Home Affairs officially represents the Cabinet Lord Salisbury Is In constant telephonic communication with Osborne house but this does not appear to be true The arrival of Emperor William and other members of the royal family is anxiously awaited HAS FAILED RAPIDLY For three days the Queen has been kept 1 strictly to hcrseff The last time the drove out In Cowes the rain beat down heavily upon her Even the natives who have grown to look upon her Majesty ns an ordinary body have noticed that she looked more delicate and shrunken than vera mere shadow of her former self yet with feminine persistence the Queen for bade thoao who saw her to say that she was ill The Queen Victoria tra dition and etiquette decree that she Is never mund so she fought oil thu ravages that worry over the Boer war the deaths in her own family and her Increasing years have brought upon herREALIZED REALIZED THE INEVITABLE But against the ruthless hand l of I I nature even the imperial resolve of the I ruler of the great empire proved futile I and with a pitiful realization Inevitable In-evitable she shut herself off from her entourage For two nights she dined alone and never stirred from the apartments she occupied at Osborne REFUSED MEDICAL AID Humbly for this woman ruled her court with no uncertain hand her rourt officials implored her to seek medical advice These messages she steadfastly Ignored and though tonight to-night her condition is admitted to be most serious there are In attendance only Dra Powell and Reid Doubtless the Prince of Wales will tomorrow secure additional medical talent QUEEN LIES HELPLESS Her Majesty HeHjhelpless and almost speechless In her licTl In Osborne house surrounded by every comfort Fruits flowers ice and all the accessories of modern medicine are at hand Osborne houH is burled amid a gloomy park of firs The wind cornea from the channel and surges through the trees like a death dirge A mile away stands the lodge Beyond its portals none but the household can pass On them without the sovereigns knowing arc pasted bulletins anounclng her condi tion NOTHING OFFICIAL OBTAINABLE Beyond the bulletins nothing official 19 obtainable but not a soul connect in any way with Osborne house seems to believe that her Majesty can sur Mve this attack In fact locally the announcement of her death Is awaited with something approaching equa nimity Never In the memory of her subjects has the Queen been III before und now that at her advanced age she has been stricken it seems to those who have lived around here that it Jo Impossible for her to recover The Village wiseacres who have seen her from girlhood wag their heads today nd say It JH a sad day for England BULLETINS OPTIMISTIC Thc official bulletins may safely be aeicrlbecl as optimistic Their vague liC t s In describing the Queens ailment n1 Ly be accented us merely an evasion j LZ4k l I I QUEEN VICTORIA t of the facts Information obtained by Reuters Telegram company to the effect that It is paralysis from which the Queen is suffering is based upon the highest possible authority By Monday It Is likely that the truth will be announced to the nation Tho < extreme ex-treme weakness of her Majesty and the loss of her faculties appears to be at present the chief cause for anxiety Stimulants are being freely admin istered CAUSED BY WORRY In the opinion of those best quali fied to judge the Queens present serious condition was precipitated by intense worry over the losses and hardships hard-ships suffered by the British troops In South Africa Frequently she has remarked to the court attaches that another war would kill her STRICKEN LAST AUTUMN In this connection Reuters Telegram company learns that she was most seriously 111 while last at Balmoral In tlte autumn No word of this became public but it appears that she was then almost dying though that rigorous rigor-ous etiquette which she Imposed alike upon her family and attendants prevented pre-vented her condition even being spoken of as dangerous The present stroke is a sequel to that which occurred at Balmoral If she survives It she will not only be the longestlived monarch In Englands history but also possessed pos-sessed of the most marvelous constitution consti-tution of which woman was ever endowed en-dowed Locally it I Is taken to be asa as-a coincidence that Sunday is the anniversary anni-versary of the death of Prince Henry of Batlenburg for whom special memorial services are always held PRINCE OF WALES ARRIVES The arrival of the Prince of 1Yal sat s-at about 6 oclock this evening accompanied accom-panied by Home Secretary Ritchie and the arrival of the Princess of Tales at 10 oclock tonight occasioned no scenes of any kind L hey em barked upon the royal yacht Albert and went up the little river separating Cowes from Osborne Entering royal carriages they were driven through I the half gale which prevailed straight to the royal residence WIIY RITCHIE WAS SUMMONED Mr Ritchie It Is understood was probably summoned to supervise the details of handing over to tho Prince of Wales the necessary authority to transact state business Though no official announcement of this transfer appears to be constitutionally necessary neces-sary or likely to be made the tiny town of Cowes anfi across the Medina river separating them East Cowes I are both filling up with correspondents from all parts of the world and rent I have risen to fabulous prices SOR1TOW UPON ALL FACES Fearful sorrow not unmixed with expectation IK written broad upon every face That official secrecy which wtops all callers at the lodge gates docs not serve mitigate the general dread that pervades tho Islands Located Lo-cated almost as Key West is to the United States they hold in their bosom the most precious and revered personality that a nation ever worshiped wor-shiped and It Is the general Impression Impres-sion that fortyeight hours will bring I the crisis of that feeble life upon which I so many International threads hang IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH I The country women paused In their I Saturdaynight shopping toUrs to pray that the hand of death might be stayea from falling on the big house over the Medina liver but their prayers Und little echo In hope for those who have seen the Queen down there Hay she was only a shadow of loath Yet the policeman on duty at the gates refers all callers to then the-n t bulletin and nays mechanically tSIiSht Improvement The dread I word the nation paralysis Is carefully kept from I |