The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-12-13
Venerable ruler
OF. sweden IS dead
OSCAR u. DIES AT STOCKHOLM
AND THE WHOLE COUNTRY
is MOURNING.
Gustave v. Now Is king-Grief of the
People Testifies to Their Love for
the Aged Monarch-Sketch of His
Career.

Career.
Stockholm, Dec. Oscar H., king
of Sweden, died at $40 o'clock Sunday
morning. The death of the venerable
monarch occurred in the royal apart
ment of the palace, where, surround
ed by the members of his family, in
Guiding the aged queen Sophia and
the crown prince, Oscar Gustave, and
high ministers of state, the inevitable
end had been awaited, while outside
the palace great crowds stood with
bowed heads and fearful eyes long
after the announcement came or the
death of their well-loved sovereign.
The whole country is bowed with
grief, for King Oscar was something
more than a ruler of his people and
had endeared himself to them as an
intimate and personal friend. When
the flag on the palace was dipped to
half mast there was a moan of anguish
from the assembled multitude and
many of them cried: Our dear old
king is dead
Gustave v. Now King.
The succession to the throne OF
Sweden now passes to Oscar Gustave
Adolphe, duke of Vermland, the Oldest
son of the late king. At a meeting OF
the council of state Sunday afternoon
the new king took the oath of allegi-
ance under the title of Gustave w., and
adopted the motto with the People
for the Fatherland." The princes
then took the oath of allegiance and
the new monarch accepted the homage
of the state officials.
The last hours Of the expiring mon
arch were passed in Inconsistencies
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. At 5:To
Sunday morning the gentlemen of the
kings court were aroused and ordered
to appear at once in the bed chamber.
The premier and foreign minister and
the highest court officials, together
with all the members Of the kings
family, assembled there and remained
at his side until the end came.
Sketch of Oscars Life.
Oscar was born January 81, 1929.
He was the third son of King Oscar l.,
and of Queen Josephine, daughter of
Prince Eugene of Leuchtenberg, and
a grandson of Marshal Bernadotte. He
succeeded to the throne at the death
of his brother, King Carl XIV, Septem-
Der IS, 1872. He was married June 6,
1857, to Queen Sophia, daughter of
the late Duke William of Nassau.
Four children survive him-Gustave,
now king, born June Is, 1858; Prince
Oscar Bernadotte, born November 15,
1859; Prince Carl, born February 81,
1861, and Prince Eugene, born August
1, 1865. Gustave was married Sep
TENDER 20, 1881, to Princess Victoria
of Baden-Baden. Their eldest son,
Prince Gustave, was married June Is,
1905, to Princess Margaret Victoria of
Connaught. Prince Oscar renounced
his succession to the throne and mar
ried March Is, 1888, Ebba Munck, of
Fulkila.
Was Able and Democratic.
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 point
to visit the little house at Pau where
his grandfather was born.
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,
translator, learned man in political
economy and the science of govern
ment, musician, an historian and
playwright. All the great master
pieces of literature, historical, philo-
sophical and religious, he translated
into Swedish. One of his novels, the
one which has become the most wide
ly known of his works of fiction, deals
with the rise of his own family of
Bernadotte and the accession to the
throne of Sweden of his grandfather.
With all his accomplishment as a
scholar, King Oscar was brave man
and wore upon his breast on state oc-
casions medal bestowed on him by
the French government as a reward
for two heroic deeds performed whom
he was young man.
What the New King Has Done.
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