The Paducah evening sun., 1910-05-07
Genial Monarch. Of Democra.
tic Tendencies and Lover
Of Sports...He Was Popular
With All Classes Of People.

London, May 7.-George was
formally proclaimed king from the
quadrangle of st. James palace this
afternoon The privy council met
at the palace and formally declared
Edward dead. Then the leaders
visited George in the adjoining room
and Lord Chancellor advanced and
administered the dual oaths, affect
ing England and Scotland, which
were responded to amidst an oppres-
sive silence. The new ruler am
nounced that he would ascend the
Throne as George v. The heir ap-
parent, Edward Albert, stepped for
ward and the oath of succession was
adm nistered. Then appeared In
the quadrangle the entire partly
headed by Sir Alfred Scott-Gatty,
king at arms of the knights OF the
Garter. who read the proclamation,
formally declaring Edward dead, and
George king. A fanfare of heralds
followed, the troops presented arms,
and everybody shouted. God save
the king"
Heralds then marched about the
town reading the proclamation a
half dozen times.
The king, with voice choking with
emotion and cheeks wet with tears,
took the oath. In his speech of ac-
ceptance he made several touching
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the council chamber great crowds
cheered and he bowed recognition.
Reading the proclamation was
postponed until Monday.
With Georges taking of oath,
monarchial government iu Great
Britain goes on the trial of its life.
lie assumes the throne under adj
verse conditions at home. and
abroad He is unpopular, as Is the
new queen. George is considered
by the nation as inadequate to the
Situation.
England MourBs.
The Eaity of England Is gone All
mourn the death OF the king. Thous-
,ands already are wearing Tosettes' or
sleeve bands of mourning. The
Stock Exchange. and all big business
institutions closed today. The Liv-
erpool Exchange also closed. Verw
little sleep was in London after the
kings death was announced Thous-
ands fiocked the streets to learn
more OF the death from the news
paper extras. The last words OF the
king showed thoughts we're of 9TH
ers.
He told his physician. 81 knew
this Is the end. Tell the Queen"
The physicians announced this morn
ing that the Queens condition is good
as could be expected.
His End Was Speedy.
The streets around Buckingham
lpalace are now crowded with dense
lthrongs. grief rendereang their
strangely silent All the courts,
public offices and theatres are clos
ID. and there Is considerable crit
icism of his physicians today for per-
hitting the king to go to Biarritz 10
endure the rigorous climate. Poo
pie also criticize the Sandrlmgham
trip.
His illness was first apparent In
Blarritz, France. April 27. forcing
his returnaHe caught severe cold
at mdrin CHAM palace, May 2.
Bronchitis developed May 4. The
first bulletin of the doctors indicat-
ing that he was serious was Nav 5,
at nine at night. His death follow
ed at 11:45. May s.
No arrangements for the funer-
al are yet made. Manuel of Por-
tugal wired he would attend. Thous-
ands of messages of sympathy came
! from all over the world, Faillieres
wires he will send a representative
n to the funeral. Today 1t was an
uounced that the direct cause OF
death was constant coughing from
bronchitis. affecting the heart. the
left ventricle failing TO act even uu-
der the influence of oxygen"
Funeral March n.
/ II Is unofficially announced that
the funeral probably will be MAY II.
Enough members of parliament for
a quorum were rounded up and met
lat four O'Clock this afternoon Then
began the swearing I'm of members
under the new regime. All English
ofticialdom is in a distracted mind.
Secretary Phillips. of the American
embassy. said 1t Is not known wheth-
er Roosevelt's visit wild be cancelled.
but material alterations certainly be
made. anyway"