Arizona republican., 1910-05-08

London, May T.-Saturday night l: usually the gayest night of the weel in London, but tonight Sabbath-likt quiet pervades the city. It is a capi' tai in mourning.
 All the theaters and music hall. have closed their doors. and the band concerts in the parks. which. drew tens Of thousands of the working people during the long spring twi' lights. are. abandoned. The people wander idly about the streets looking at the portraits of Edward VII wreathed in the shop windows. Mul. titudes drift into St James Park staring at the darkened windows oi Buckingham Palace. where the body of the dead king lies, and MarlbOr- borough House, nearby. through the gates Of which officials and messen- gers come and go constantly Here the new king has had to set aside his personal grief to busy himself with theseffairs of the crown and family.
 Many wear badges of mourning The whole kingdom, indeed. is d na- ton of mourning. Ireland has for gotten her political grievance against her sister island. The Irish papers speak kindly. and appreciatvely of King Edward The mayors of such national strongholds as Dublin and Limerick have sent messages of sym pathy to the widow.
 Municipalities. churches and soci- ties ;sof all sorts have met to pass eulo,sies on the late monarch and of- fer their good wishes to his successor The courts and business houses have been closed; sports and entertain ments of every type have been dropped: society has cancelled its en- agreements.
 The managers of most of the met ropdlitan theaters have decided to suspend the season until after the funeral.
 .Parliament Meets.
 Both houses of parliament had bries meeting this afternoon The lord chancellor administered the cath of allegiance of the house of lords to about forty peers. The speaker of the house of commons and the deputy speaker being out of the country there was no one empowered 10 pre- side over the house and immediately upon Home Secretary Churchill'S n:o- tion, the house adjourned. -
 A great representative congregation attended the services in St. Pauis the bishop of London officiating Many Catholics gathered in Westniil' ster cathedral while special services were being held in various churches throughout the country and others have been arranged for tomorrow.
 On Monday morning the proclama- ton of Georke V's succession will be read in the principal towns of the Kingdom. Trumpeters clad in scarlet and gold. and escorted by life guards will enter the city of London. and the the lord mayor and aldermen in robes of office will meet them at Temple Bar. This ceremony was expected to take place in London today. and great crowds assembled at Temple Bar and the Royal Exchange. waiting there for hours, only to be disap- pointed.
 Politics Forgotten.
 Politics. for the time being. seem to be forgotten. The newspapers ig- nore the subject and devote them- selye sentirely to eulogies and biogra- phies of the late king and of the new king. The members of the cabinet being scattered about England and the continent, it has been impossible for the party in power to discuss it's policy, but it is assumed that parlia- ment will adjourn after the budget has been settled.
 Int ceremonies in connection with the opening of the Anglo-Japanese exposition, for which Prince Fushima cousin of the emperor of Japan. ar rived today, have been given up. as well as hundreds of other enterprises great and small