The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-09
OSCAR, KING OF \
SWEDEN, DIES.
WAS MOST LEARNED AND MOST
DEMOCRATIC or ALL KINGS.
WAS BRAVE, WISE AND KIND.
No European Sovereign was SO We'll
Beloved by His People as the One
Who Has just Passed Away
Full Of Years and Honors.

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of Sweden. died at 9:10 o'clock Sun.
day morning. The death of the vener.
able monarch occurred in the royal
apartments of the palace, where, sur
rounded by the members of his family,
including the aged Queen Sophia and
the crown prince. Oscar Gustave, and
his high ministers of state, the inevita-
BILE end had been awaited, while out
side the palace great crowds stood
with bowed heads and fearful eyes
long after the announcement came of
the death of their well loved sovereign.
The whole country is bowed in grief,
for King Oscar was something more
than a ruler of his people and had on
deared himself to them as an intimate
friend.
King Oscar has long been one of
the most interesting figures Of Euro
pean royalty, his descent from Ma
poleon's great field marshal, Bcrna-
dotte, his gigantic stature and his fam
lily connections with many other great
houses of Europe combining to give
him an interesting personality His
democratic habits have made him idol
ized by his subjects, who regarded
him moro as father than monarch
1t was King Oscars devotion to the
cause of peace that attracted the at
tention of both the United States and
Great Britain when the two countries
were framing the Olney-Pauncefote
| general treaty of arbitration, the docu-
nent naming King Oscar as final arbi-
,rator should those representing the
Two countries fail to agree.
Under King Oscar Sweden's stabil
.,,t(
until the events eliminating in the re-
lcent separation of Norway The final
success of the separation movement
was grievous blow to the aged king
Both his pride and his heart were
wounded, and his constant brooding
over this unhappy event doubtless con-
tributed to his death. Indeed, the doc
tors final diagnosis that his heart was
affected appears TO give color to the
earlier reports that he was slowly
dying of broken heart.
i The now King Gustave much re-
sembles his father in gigantic stature
and in light Saxon-blonde features.
The young monarch has frequently
acted as regent during the illness and
absence of his father and has display
p, ed good sense and ability. lie Is much
i
| Oscar H.. king of Sweden and previ-
Gus to 1906 king OF Sweden and Nor
way. was horn January n. 1929. He
was the third son of King Oscar J. and
If Queen Josephine. daughter of
Prince Eugene of Leuchtenberg. and a
yrandson of Marshal Bernadotte.
oscar II. succeeded TO the throne at
he death of his brother King Carl
iV., September rs. 1872 lie was mar
lied June g. 1857, to Queen Sophia,
laughter of the late Duke William of
Nassau. Four children survive King
)scar-Crovn Prince Gustave, born
lune 16, 1858; Prince Oscar Berna-
lotte. born November Is. 1859; Prince
Jarl, born February 27, 1861, and
Prince Eugene, born August 1. 1865.
Prince Gustave was married Septem.
/ ler 20, 1881, to Princess Victoria of
}aden-Baden. Their eldest son, Prince
Iustave, was married June Is, 1905, to
Princess Margaret Victoria, of Con.
laught. Prince Oscar renounced his
succession to the throne and married
March 15. 1888, Ebba Munck. of Full.
.Sila.
King Oscar was called the ablest
ruler of the nineteenth century and
the most democratic king that ever
lived. He never made any attempt to
conceal the humble origin of his fam.
lily and whenever he travelled to the
south of France he made It a point to
visit the little house at Pau where his
grandfather was born A tablet over
he door of the little one e-storied house
bears this inscriptions; The peasant
Charles Bernadotte, who subsequently
rose to be field marshal of France and
ultimately King Charles XIV. of Swe
den and Norway was born In this cot
tage in 1853" In appearance, however
King Oscar was every inch a king and
there Is no sovereign In all Europe
who was none stately and more regal
In bearing than was he. In height
King Oscar stood six feet two inches
taller than most of his subjects who
as a rule. are tall men,
The late king was distinguished In
philosophy, having received degrees
from so many universities of Europe
that he may fairly be called, so far as
degrees Indicate, the most learned
man in Europe. He was an author, q
translator a learned man In political
| economy and the science of govern
ment, a musician, an historian and 8
playwright. All the great master
pieces of literature, historical, philoso
phical and religious, he translated into
Swedish.
One of his novels, the one which has
become the most widely known of his
works Of fiction, deals with the rise o
his own family of Bernadotte and the
accession TO the throne of Sweden o
his grandfather. Marshal Bernadotte.
With oil his accomplishments as
scholar King Oscar was brave mar
! aud wore upon his breast upon state
occasions a medal bestowed upon hiIl
by the French government as rewart
: for two heroic deeds performed wher
he was a young man.
II At a meeting of the council of state
Sunday afternoon the new king tool
the oath OF allegiance under the It'll,
OF Gustaye ", and adopted the mott.
with the people for the fatherland.
To-