Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-09
SNEDEN'S KING DIES,
Oscar II. Succumbs to a Broken
 Heart In Royal Palace.
NEW RULER TAKES THE OATH
Gustave V, the New Monarch, Accepts Homage of State Officials = Swedes Bowed In Grief by Loss of Democrat ic RuIer-Old Cabinet Reappointed.

l Homage of State .OmcIaIs - SWede:
 Bowed In Grief by Loss of Democrat
 ic RuIer-oId Cabinet Reappointed.
 Stockholm, Dec. 9.-Oscar IT., the venerable king of Sweden, died in the royal apartment of the palace, sur rounded by the members of his family including the aged Queen Sophia, the crown prince, Oscar Gustave, and high ministers of state. He was seventy. eight years of age.
 Outside the palace great crowds stood with bowed heads and fearful eyes long after the announcement of the death of their well loved sovereign. | The whole country is bowed with grief, for King Oscar had endeared himself to his people as an intimate and personal friend.
 A Democratic King.
 When the flag on the palace was dip ped to half mast there was a moan of anguish from the multitude, and many cried, "Our dear old king is deadw
 
 ruler of the nineteenth century and the most democratic king that ever lived. It may truthfully be said that King Oscar died of broken heart. The separation of Norway from Sweden was grievous blow to the aged king. Both his pride and heart were wound ed. The final diagnosis of the doctors was that his heart was affected.
 The following official bulletin was posted after the kings death:
 "The strength of the king continued to decrease throughout the night, and the state of unconsciousness became more marked. His majesty passed quietly away"
 Oscar Gustave New King.
 The death certificate, signed by the attending physicians, was worded as follows;
 We declare upon oath that his maj esty King Oscar II. expired peacefully at 9:1O o'clock this morning in the cas- tie at Stockholm at the aged of sev- enty-eight years nine months seventeen days as the result of calcification of the cerebral and cardiac blood yes sels."
 The succession to the throne of Swe- den now passes to Oscar Gustave Adolphe, duke of Vermland, the oldest son of the late king. At meeting of the council of state the new king took the oath of allegiance under the title of Gustave V. and adopted the motto, With the People For the Fatherland." The princes then took the oath of d. legiance, and the new monarch accept ed the homage of the state officials.
 This ceremony being over, the cabi- net resigned, but the king begged the ministers to remain at their posts and assist him as they had so ably assisted his father. They acceded to his re- quest and took the oath of office.
 The last hours of the expiring mon- arch were passed in unconsciousness, and up to the end he gave no sign of recognizing those about him. The queen was grief stricken because he could not bid her farewell.
 The death of King Oscar is not ex- pected to be followed by any serious disturbance of Sweden's political con ditions. The venerable monarch had been slowly failing for many months past, and last January he experienced an illness that at the time was expect ed to end fatally.
 The New King.
 Gustave, the new ruler of Sweden, was born in the castle of Drottning- holm. Immediately after his birth he was made Duke of Vermland. He pur- sued his studies from 1877 to 1878 at Upsala. In 1879 he travelled abroad, visiting almost all the countries of Europe. In 1889 he returned a second time to the university at Upsala. He entered the army in 1875, and in 1892 he received the rank of general lieu tenant. In 1896 he served as inspector of the military schools, and in 1898 he was made q full general. Between the years 1884 and 1891 Gustave filled the office of vice king of Norway. As | a result of Gustave's persistent and | strenuous efforts to hold the Swedish | Norwegian union together he earned | the enmity of the Radical majority in | the Norwegian stOrthing. and in re- the storthing took away from | him a yearly appanage amounting to