Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-05-13
RLD|KING EDWARD dies
END GAME SUDDENLY AFTER
few DAYS ILLNESS.
Death Due to Pneumonia and Worry
Over the Political Situation-His
Last Words Were: "Well, 1t Is All
Over, but I Think I Have Done My
Duty-Message From Our President.

Message From Our President.
Edward VII, king of the English,
died at 11:45 O'Clock Friday night in
London.
Coming so suddenly the death of the
king brought the greatest sorrow to the
nation in whose hearts Edward, first
as prince of Wales, and afterward as
sovereign, held first place.
Edward IS short reign has been his
tory of stirring times. 1t opened with
the conclusion of peace after a long
and trying campaign in South Africa,
and concludes at the crisis of one of
the most momentous political struggles
of modern times between the peers and
commons. In day the political out
look of Great Britain has been revolu-
tionized.
Quick Approach of Death.
Gathered around the bedside of the
dying king were the queen and prin-
cesses. No hope had been held out
through the day for the recovery of
his majesty, whose death, it is be-
lieved, was due to pneumonia, follow
ing bronchitis contracted shortly after
his return from Biarritz. Only day
or two before the king was conducting
the business of state and giving orders,
but on Wednesday he was compelled
to submit to physicians orders. Since
then until the end his decline was
rapid.
King Edward VII, who returned to
England from vacation 10 days pre-
vious, apparently in the best of health,
was seriously i'll hardly more than three
days.
New Kings First Act.
The prince of Wales succeeded to
the throne Immediately, according to
the laws of the kingdom, without Off
cial ceremony. His first official act
in pursuant of custom was to dispatch
to the lord mayor the announcement
of his fathers death. His telegram
read:
81 am deeply grieved to inform you
that my beloved father, the king,
passed away peacefully at HAS to-
night.
GEORGE"
Some of the kings friends are con
WINGED that worry over the political
situation aggravated, if it did not cause,
the fatal illness.
Besides the few relatives in Eng
land, the duke of Fife and the arch
bishop of Canterbury were in the
death chamber. The kings brother,
the duke of Connaught, with his fam
lily, is at Suez, Fastening home from
Africa. The kings daughter, Queen
Maud of Norway, started for England
Immediately.
Sad but Not Unexpected.
The intelligence that the end of
King Edwards reign had come was
not surprise at the last. The peo-
pie had been expecting it any hour
since the evening bulletin was posted
at Buckingham palace and flashed
throughout the kingdom. The capital
received it without excitement, but
sadly, for the king, with his own peo-
pie, was unquestionably one of the
most popular rulers in the world. They
regarded him as one of the strongest
forces making for the stability of the
peace of the empire.
Chronology of the Two British Rulers.
His Majesty, King Edward VII,
born November 9, 1S41, died May 6,
1910.
Married Princess Alexandra, eldest
daughter of the king of Denmark,
March 10, 1868.
Succeeded his mother, Queen Vic.
,toria, January %, 1901.
King George V. formerly George
Frederick Ernest Albert, prince of
Wales), born June 8, 1865.
Became king May 6, 1910.
Married Princess Victoria Mary of
Teck July 6, 1898.
Crown Prince Edward Albert Chris.
tian George Andrew Patrick David
born June %, 1894.
President Taft Sends Condolences.
President Taft, upon learning of the
death of King Edward, wrote the fol
lowing message of coincidence to hel
majesty, Queen Alexandra:
con the sad occasion of the death
of King Edward, I offer to your
majesty and to your son, his illus
trious successor, the most profound sym.
pathy of the people of the United
States. Our hearts go out to ou1
British brothers in their bereavement
To this I add the expression to your
majesty and to the new king of my own
personal sympathy and of my appre
citation of those high qualities which
made the life of the late king so potent
an influence toward peace and justice
among nations"
The president also sent his military
aide, Captain Archibald Butt, to the
British embassy to express his con.
dolence on the death of the king ia