The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-05-12
SUCCUMRS TO ATTACK OF BRON.
CHITiS WITHIN A DAY AFTER
BEING IN BEST OF
HEALTH.
END COMES PEACEFULLY
Crown Desends to George V, the Pres
emit Prince of Wales Messages
of Sympathy Come In From
All over the
World.

London, Eng. - King Edward VII
died at 11:45 p. m. Friday. Inc
Prince of Wales is king, assuming the
title of George V, and took the oath
before the privy council at 2 o'clock
Saturday afternoon.
Coming so suddenly, the death of the
king can not but bring the greatest
sorrow to the nation. in whose hearts
Edward, first as Prince of Wales n
afterwards as sovereign, held hrst
place. His short reign has been a 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 critical moment
of one of the momentous political
struggles of modern times, between
the peers and commons.
Gathered around the bedside of the
dying king were the queen n prin-
Cesses. No hope had been held out
throughout 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 Barrett.
Only a day or two ago the king was
conducting the business of state and
giving audiences, but on Wednesday
he was compelled to submit to the
orders of his physicians. Since then
until the end his decline was rapid.
Throughout the empire the word
was flashed, and flags are floating at
half mast the world over. Besides the
social gloom which the kings death
casts owe England, several important
and long planned official events must
be abandoned. The Prince and Prin-
cess of Wales were to go to South
Africa with the squadron, and the
prince was to open the first parlia.
tmen of the new confederation, but
his accession to the throne will pre-
vent this.
The death of his majesty must also
mean the abandonment of the prin-
cipal functions of former President
Roosevelt's tour. The official recep-
tons and the, embassy entertainments
will be cancelled, and the presentation
Of the freedom of the city and the
luncheon at Guild Hall probably will
be given up.
The Prince of Wales succeeded to
the throne Immediately, according to
the laws of the kingdom, without of
fetal ceremony. His first official act
was to despatch to the lord mayor the
announcement of his fathers death, in
pursuance of custom. His telegram
read:
Il am deeply grieved to inform you
that my beloved father, the king,
passed away peacefully at HAS to-
night"
{S;gncd GEORGE"
The physicians soon afterwards is
sued their official bulletin, which was
as follows:
May 6, 1850 p. m. His Majesty,
the King, breathed his last at HAS
o'clock tonight, in the presence of
Her Majesty Queen Alexandra, the
Prince and Princess of Wales. Prin-
cess Victoria and Princess Louise, the
Duchess of Argyle.
(Signed Taking,
REID.
POWELL,
LAWSON"
Just "a hours after the first news
was broken 10 the public, as from a
clear sky, that the king vas suffering
from bronchitis, with the physicians
statement hat his condition causes
some anxiety" came the official pro-
nouncement that his majesty's con-
dition is now critical" The public
Immediately interpreted these sig,
nificant words to mean that the kings
case was hopeless. That conviction
pervaded London and the entire king
dom. The bulletin was transmitted
to all the royal relatives before it was
made public, and the rapid sequence
of arrivals of royalties at the palace
within the mex hour confirmed, so far
as confirmation was needed, the most
alarmist views.
His Last Words.
One the last utterances attributed to
King Edward was:
well, it is all over. but | think /
have done my duty"
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