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KING EDWARD DIES
AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
England's Beloved Ruler Laid Low bv Attack Of
Pneumonia and Bronchitis The Prince of
Wales Ascends Throne, Assuming
the Title of George v.

London.-Edward VII, King of Eng
land, has succumbed to the ravages
OF disease, and the English people
In fact the whole civilized worlds
mourning the passing OF a monarch
who had shown genuine ability as
statesman, and a capacity for ruling
his people in a manner that will en-
shrine his memory in the hearts of his
countrymen.
King Edward, after brief illness
from pneumonia, following bronchitis,
died at 11:45 o'clock Friday night,
May 6.
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. Only day or two pre-
vious the king was conducting the
business of state and giving audiences,
but on Wednesday he was compelled
to submit to physicians orders. Sine !
then until the end his decline was
rapid
The king was seriously i'll hardly
more than three days.
One of the last utterances attribut-
ed to King Edward was: We'll, it is
all over, but l think have done my
duty"
The Prince of Wales succeeded to
the throne Immediately, according to
the laws Of the kingdom, without Of
ecial ceremony, assuming the title OF
George v. His first official act, in pur
suance to custom, was 10 dispatch to
the lord mayor the announcement OF
his fathers death.
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ried Prince George, Duke of York,
July Is, 1893. Six children-five sons
and one daughter-bless the household
OF the new monarch. The eldest,
Prince Edward Albert now heir APP
parent, is a manly lad who will be 16
years old in June. He is serving as a
naval cadet Prince Albert Frederick,
the second son and heir presumptive,
also is naval cadet. He is Is years
old. The other boys are Prince Henry
William, Prince George Edward and
Prince John Charles. The daughter
is Princess Victoria Alexandra Alice
Mary. She was born in 1897.
According to circular issued from
Marlborough house Sunday might the
designation of the new queen will be
Queen Mary. The role she will play at
the new court has been the subject OF
considerable speculation
AS Prince and Princess of Wales,
the new king and queen lived such re-
tired lives that it is difficult to form
an opinion but it is almost safe to as.
sumo that the court will be far less
~ illiduL Lndu IL was uHu6r ming I'd
ward. The latter attached the fullest
weight and dignity to the cere.
monies of the kingly office and all
state functions under his reign were
invested with the pomp and magnifi.
cence he considered befitting the court
Of great empire. He attracted to his
court brilliant array of wealthy so.
cial figures, in which American heir.
esses married to English aristocracy,
played prominent part
1t is quite certain that great
changes will be seen in the constitu.
ton of the court circle. Queen Mary is
credited with great strength of char
acter and is likely to exert far more
influence on the court surroundings
than did Queen Alexandra. She is
deeply religious and has love for
charitable work connected with the
church, while King George, so far as
Is known, is more fond of country life
and pursuits than of courtly pomp.
Hence there is a general belief that
the new court will be of simpler and
more austere type and that many OF
those who heretofore exercised a
paramount influence will be obliged to
seek comparative retirement.
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only a small fraction was admitted.
One of the most simple obseryances
took place in the chapel Royal in
Buckingham palace, where the royal
family, with the members of the late
kings household worshiped Sunday
morning. Queen Alexandra attended
and King George v. and Queen Mary
with the Princess Mary and the three
young princes. all wearing deep mourn
ing, drove over from Marlborough
house Princess Victoria, who has
been her mothers constant companion.
also was present.
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Oxford and Cambridge. A long period
OF travel followed, during which he
went over Europe and the east. In
1860 he made triumphant tour
through the United States and Canada.
The prince was married March 10,
1868, to Princess Alexandra, Oldest
daughter of the Danish prince, who
some months later became King Chris
tan IX. Six children were born, two
OF whom, the Duke of Clarence and
Prince Alexander, died. The surviving
children are George Frederick, Prince
OF Wales, Duke of Cornwall and York,
who now becomes king; Princess Lou
lse, who was married to the Duke of
Fife; Princess Victoria Alexandra and
Princess Maud Charlotte, who was
married to Prince Karl of Denmark,
now King -Haakon VII Of Norway.
The king was of the house of Han
over, which dates from the succession
% the throne of King George |, in TIA.
Edward VII assumed the throne on
the death of Queen Victoria, January
%, 1901. so that he was king less than
ten years.
Subject to fierce criticism in his
youth for his manner of life, he lived
down rather unenviable reputation
through long years of careful conduct
and succeeded in winning the conf
dence of his people as almost no other
sovereign of Great Britain except his
mother. Queen Victoria, has done. AS
A statesman he was active and sue
aessful, particularly SO in the field of
foreign affairs. The fact that he was
he idol of the people made him use
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Presidents Message Of sympathy.

Wash.ngton.-President Taft. upon
learning of the death of king Edward,
wrote the following message of con-
dolence to her majesty, Queen Alex
andra, which was cabled to Bucking-
ham palace:
ION the sad occasion of the death
of King Edward l offer to your mai
esty and to your son, his illustrious
successor. the most profound sympa-
thy of the people of the United States.
Our hearts go out to our British
brothers. in their bereavement. To
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NATION MouR MS KING.
Throughout United Kingdom Services
Are Held 6emournine EngIand,s
Loss,

London.-The services in all the
churches throughout the United King
dom on Sunday had special reference
to the death of the king. The SER
mons all dealt with the nations grief,
and the music was such as is custo-
mary at funeral services. Immense
crowds attempted to obtain entrance
tn S. I us and Westminster. but
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this add the expression to your mai
esty and to the new king my own per
sonal sympathy and of my apprecia-
ton of those high qualities which
made the life of the late king so pot.
ent an influence toward peace and
Justice among nations"
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Chicago.-Sir Ernest Shackelton,
British Antarctic explorer. who ar
rived here Sunday, said the death of
King Edward is a great blow to Ant.
arctic explorations, as the King had
materially aided the shaeke io4 eApe.
dition.
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my husband, for you IN all this London
are the man to buy L: 1t Will give you
fame and money IL must give you both,
for we ask but $1,000 for it,
/ started at this. Here was n drop OF
G 1000 upon the price asked but fifteen
days ago. What did IL mean? ! took
up the gem. which the woman had placed
upon the table. and saw in a moment.
The stone was Gimming. II had lost
color since | mad seen l.; il had lost. too.
| judged, at least one-thlrd OF its value.
had heard OF Une old womdns tales OF
the capricious chaugefulueSs of this re-
markable gem, but IL was the first time
that l had ever Witnessed for mysel: such
an unmistalSable depreciation. The won-
an read the surprise ih my eyes, and
answered my thoughts, herself thought
ful. and her dark eyes touched with
tears.
"You see what I see, she said. The
jewel that you have in your hand is the
index 10 my husbands life. He has told
me so often. When he is well. IL is we'll.
when hope has come TO him, the lights
which shine there ars MS the light OF his
hope. When he Is i'll. the opal fades /,
when he dies, IT will die. too, That IS
what believe and ne believes; Ii is what
his father told Elm when he gave him
the treasure. nearly all that was left OF
great fortune"
This tale astounded me: II betrayed
absurd superstition, but II was the first
ray OF coherent explanation which had
heen thrown upon the case l took up
the thread with avidty and pursued IL,
Your husbands father was rich
MANI" I asked. "Is he dead?"
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me. I had scarce time to tell Miro that
l could see no one for an hour when
the visitor pushed past him Into the den
and sat herself down in the chair before
my writing desk. AS in Ill business we
appreciate, and listen to, imperSlnence In
the jewel trade. and when l observed the
magnificent impudence Of the young lady
| asked Michel to leave us. and waited
for her to speak. She was Il delicate
looking woman-an Italian, l thought,
from the dark hue OF her skin and the
lustrous beauty OF 1er eyes-but she was
exceedingly shabbily dressed, and her
hands were ungloved. She was not n
woman you would have marked in the
stalls OF a theater as the ut subject for
an advertising photographer, but there
was great sweetness In her face. and
those signs of bodily weakness and want
of strength which so often enhance a
woman's beauty, When she spoke. al
though she had little English, her voice
was well modulated and remarkably
pleasing.
You are Mons. Bernard SuJton?" she
asked, putting one hand upon my table
and the other between the buttons OF
her bodice.
l bowed in answer 10 her.
you have met my husband I am
Nine. Carmalovltch-he was berc. It is
fifteen days. 10 sell you an opal / have
brought II again 20 you now, for / am
sure you wish TO buy II"
You will pardon me-" I said, but l
am waiting for the history Of the Jewel
which your husband promised ne, l
rather expected that he would have sent
IN
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without It was n heggar, had been a
worker AT Cerwenitzo. he would have
told me the fact plainly, But he spoke
of the opal being older even than the
famous and commonly cited specimen at
Vienna. How came IL that he alone had
There was only one answer TO such
questionable history OF his possession
OF IL at any rate. would not bear in
Quiry.
Such perplexlty was not removed by
Abers account of his Journey after Car
malovitch He had followed the man
from Picadilly to oxford Circus; thence.
after long wait in Regents park. where
the Russian sat for FL least an hour on
a seat near the botanical gardens. on,
trance, 10 a small house in Boscobcl
place. This was evidently lodging
house Offering that fare Of shabbiness
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james was a prominent citizen. He
had been prominent citizen for
considerable number of years, having
risen to that proud eminence by his
own exertions,
This was perfectly true and very
beautiful. James said so himself. And
if James didn't know about it, who
did. 1 should like to know?
Genevieve had started out a sweet
little thing with blue eyes. She was
still little. but had ceased to be sweet.
That is, the outward and visible signs
of sweetness had, as it were, moved for
ward into the everlasting whence, or
perhaps, been dropped on the road back
into yesterday. Yes. that is it. They
were lost on the road to yesterday,
The road to yesterday accumulates
quite a bit of lost junk like that. In
this case IL had not only all visible
considered a sweet little thing. but it
had the light of her blue eyes when she
looked at James. and the song In her
gentle heart when she thought Of James.
and even the pride she used to thrill
with when James first began to be a
prominent citizen.
At first when they were married,
James used to tell Gtenevieve how hard
he meant to work and how high he
meant TO rise. And Genevieye, looking
in the gray eyes of him, felt sure he
would succeed and was so glad about it.
If she had looked also at the lines Of
James's mouth, which strongly re.
sembled steel trap in its inherent pow
ers Of closure, and also in the fact that
it had no lips whatever. maybe she
might have doubted bit Not that
James would rise bigh-nny, nay. But
just how far she herself must accom-
pany him ,on his ascension But. being
very much in love with James, and
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and dirt which must perforce be at
-tractve TO the needy, There was
light burning at the window Of the pre-
tentlously poor drawing room when the
man arrived. and a girl. apparently not
more than 20 years of age, came down
into the hall to greet him, the pair af
terwards showing at the window for
moment before the blinds were drawn.
An inquiry by my man for apartments
In the house elected only shril cackle
and n negative from a shuffllng hag who
answered the knock. a tour of the lit
tie shops in the neighborhood provided
the further clue that they paid for
nothing" This suburban estimation of
personal. worth was n confirmation OF my
conclusion drawn from the rags beneath
the astrachan coat The Russian was a
poor man. except for the possession OF
the jewel he was near TO being n beg
gar. And yet he had not sought TO bor
row money of me- and he had put the
price OF f5000 upon his proeprty
All these things did not leave my
mind for the next week. l was in daily
communication with Scotland Yard, but
absolutely 10 no purpose, Their sharp
est men handled the case and confessed
that they could make nothing OF II. We
had the house in Boscobel place watched,
but, so far as we could learn. Cnrrnalo-
witch. as he called himself, never left IT,
Meanwhile, | began 10 think that I had
betrayed exceeding poor judgment in
raising the question at all AS the days
went by / suffered that stone hunger
which a student OF opals alone can know,
began TO believe that I had lost by
my folly one of the greatest possessions
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James did not go into politics. He
had the gravest doubts as to the sta
bility of our institutions unless bolstered
up by a sound financial policy and sup
ported by our moneyed people. So
james went into the business world
and became, after considerable period
one of our steel magnates. This Is quite
indefinite enough for all practical pur-
poses. because we have great many
steel magnates, the entire country west
of Pittsburg being full of them. And it
is also safe in that steel is spelled with"
out an n. Otherwise
Well, James became magnate. He
acquired. by earnest and honest labor
certain valuable properties, and he as
sociated on terms of equality with mil.
lionairc owners and in the course of
time with multi millionaire proprietors
Where was Gencvieve9 Well, Gene,
we've was at home. James could not
take her to directors meetings, could
he? No place for woman, you know
And besides Genevieve could not under
stand what they were talking about
And if she could, it mightn't be SO
very good for her.
AS stated, James began by telling
Genevieve how high, he meant to climb
haee see t se Sow this he nnd TGRd Sa say d bl
other thing ought to be engineered. p
And the perfectly strange thing was
that it was true. He had
And Genevieve would say, 81 know
you can. James, and / am just as sure
rs can be that some day YOU Will get
Just what you want" And that wa.
true, too. He did
Then. after while James would
say, "'Genevieve. am called out to :
meeting tonight-don't t wait up fol
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And then, "Genevleve, L am going to
New York this afternoon-pack my
grip because / will not have time to
come home before train time"
And then, after time, he would
simply call up over the phone anG
say he'd send boy for his things
And then he didn u do even that. He
Just sent tho boy,
Genevieve and James had been reared
very simply. Their first home was very
simple And engrossed as James was
in the business of becoming n prominent
citizen, it remained so. He travelled a
great deal and saw little of his home.
Genevieve travelled not at all and her
home looked pretty good enough to
her,
But in the course of time James ac.
qulred enough money to he invited
about in those cities where he met
man would say to his wife, ''Tbis man
from the west is coming and he is i'm.
portant, Better have HIM TO dinner
Hence James, being observant-as he
had to be in his busiDess-got a dress
suit and manners to match. He learned
all about what fork TO use, and vintage
wines. And Genevieve didn t know the
difference between a vintage wine and
sweet cider and had reached the height
Of her social development when she pui
on an extra fork for the custard pie
Both their fathers ate their pie with q
knife and were not ashamed.
But one day James woke up 10 the
fact that their house really would NOT
do.
Genevicve," he said. owe mus
have IL proper place. | will see tbc
architect about it and think that out
on the avenue on LOT ! bought there
some time since would be about the
proper place.
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JeWel MYSTERIES From a Dealers Notebook

II know, oh, / know so well; and l
swered: but you can believe me. he VIII
tell OF his past to no one. not even 10
me. But he Is honest and true. there Is
not such a man III all Jour city-and ne
has suffered, You may buy tins Deantl-
ful thing now, and you viii never regret
II. ] tell you so from all my heart
But surely, madame, said !. You
must see that I cannot pay such price
as your husband is asking for his prop
crty II he will not even tell me who he
Is. or where he comes from.
'Ycs. that Is it-noI even to me has
he spoken of these tnlnGs. l was mar
ried to him SIX years now az Naples,
and he has ALWAYS hid the opal whi,h
he offers TO you. We were rich then,
alone Is left TO us. You Will buy it OF
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that could come TO n man in my bust
ness. l knew that II would he an act
reopen the negotiations, for ! could not
bid for that which the first telegram
from the continent might prove 10 he
felonlously gotten, and the cmbarkation
OF such n sum as was asked was a mat
ter not for the spur OF the moment but
for the closest deliberation, 10 say moth.
ing OF financial preparation. Yet ! would
have given ESQ II the owner of II had
walked into my office again and never
heard n footstep In the outer shop dur,
Ing the week following his visit but l
A fortnight passed. and I thought that
had got TO the beginning and the end
OF the opal mystery, when one rIornlng,
Michel told me that q lady wished 10 see
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THE GENEVIEVE WHO MARIE

BY HELEN HELP

amazingly at this intelligence-ti she
notices that she is moving out of her
old neighborhood and so far away from
the First Baptist church Of which she
has been member all her life.
That seems almost too much, but she
comforts herself with the thought that
now she VIII sometimes see James about
the new house She having had no
children. and being merely sweet little
thing with blue eyes, had failed In all
these years to build up much of a
sense of her own Importance in the
scheme of things. So she says, "The
house IS very pretty, James, and
creeps into her gorgeous rooms. that an
upholstcrer has planned for her, as lost
as a little gray mouse in feather bed.
James had about forgotten Genevieve
In the old house. In the new house
which was n peach-he began to be
ashamed of her. And when everything
was perfect, the palace complete to it's
last frill and bit of faiencc, and they
gave the housewarming. he actually
blushcd.
James had invited several of his
friends from the east to stay in the
house, They shook off shekles as they
moved and their wives wore Paris
gowns, To save her life Genevieve
conldn t keep from showing how scared
she was. And they, looking at what
was left of the sweet little thing with
Diue eyes, whom their associate had led
TO the altar in n mistaken moment of
early youth, whispered among them
selves, What pity Jim should ham,
per himself with such a womani'
And, being prominent citizen, awake
TO all that was for his own best in
terests on that climb of his to the
heights in time James took their view
OF the situation, And when he did,
with his famous business promptitude,
james ceased to hamper himself.
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The story OF the opal Of @
Is almost told. A long inq
the mans death added thes'
the few ! had already CLEANED
the son of a banker In Bu
noble Russian, who had EN-
Hungary and taken his wealti
TO embark Il in his business.
self had been educated partI
land. partly in France; but z
ment when he should have g
great firm in Budapest. there
Argentine crash, and his fath1
of those who had succumbed
did more than succunb. he b
self TO the money OF his par
being discovered, was senten|
common felon. and is at this
n Hungarian prison.
SteniloT, the son. was left 4
the estate, and got from It
was settled. a few thousand
the generosity of the fatherI
Beyond these he had the opal
family had possessed for 300
ing il originally In Vienna.
session, however. had been. q
OF some absurd tradition. alT|
profound secret. and when
crash came. the man whose q
witnessed took 1t as his for|
some years he had lived frsel1
at Nice. at Naples, where ~
but his money being almosf
brought his wife TO England
attempted 10 sell the Jewel. AZ
tell nothing OF his history
fathers name should suffer, ne
buyer and dragged on from
month, going deeper In the
poverty until he came TO me.
have told you.
or the opal which ! saw
crushed In the lodging house in
place. but one large fragment
/ have had that set N e rins,
sold II today for ESQ. Tne ~
go 10 Nine, CarmalovltcM VIZ
turned TO her parents IN SaP'es
suffered much, ~,.-,,... n
(NeXt week: 1.-The Necs'ec' =
Diamonds
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Genevieve has all that hea'
and is amply provided TOT.
fat, puffy little cuplds aie
about the head of James,
" to espouse the lovely aau y
OF our most prominent 1ai