Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-05-07

fit~ hfifff Nbttiif HNNtf'aHf tahf NAAh tttr
auguration al new era ol social leg
iSAti0n for The bcnelt of the neoplo
which followed the return al the lila
erals 20 nAwcr. attor q long cnn~crg-
The eenerai elections n lade.
Fought on the ncc trade question
brought the strongest liberal gaVen-
ment for many generations into
power ana under IN" Campbell kan-
herman ana Asquiih ministries many
measures. dealing with education, old
age pensions the relations of work.
ers to employers. and cognatc mat
ters were mt into successful opera
ton. While the great Irish home rule
question has been to great extent
thrust in the background.
The reign however closes at IA
period Of great political unrest With
large section Of the community ,ig-
orously opposed 70 The new liberal
policy Of oncroachment on tho priv
Hcgcs of tho lands Of che aristocratic
classes and with the heated question
OF the legislation on the house OF
lords. tariff. reform and home rude
atill unsettled.
The KINGS death occurring at mid
night. when the napers were going 20
press precudcd anything beyond tho
bare announcement All the morn
ing naners. however. appear with
heavy mourning borders and tull hiog-
raphies az the dead sovereign. The
published editorials dcplore the ma
I lions loss. while many columns OF
dispatches from abroad, testify to the
intensity of interest and alarm in
his sudden illnesSsv mas excited
throughout the world.
just twenty -four hours after the
first news was broken TO the public,
as from clear sky. that the king was
suffering from bronchitis with tho
physicians statement thar his cnndi-
tion causes some anNiefN came the
official pronounccment that his
maiestv's condition IS now critical"
The public immediately Interpreted
these significant words to mean that
the kings ease Was absolutely hope
less That conviction perVaded Lon
don and the entire kingdom The hull
letin was transmitted to All the royal
relatives before it was made public,
and the rapid sequence OF arrivals ot
ROYALTIES at the palace within the
ncNt hour confirmed so far as confir-
nation was needed the most alarming
news.
Tho prince and princess of Wales
and the duchess Of Albany who had
left the paace shortly before the issu-
ance of the bulletin. soon FASTENED
back. Princess Victoria and the duke
OF Fife followed The duke and duch-
ess Of Gonnaught. who today arrived
from SueZ from an African shooting
expedition wore notified, and Queen
Maud teleeraphed from Christiana
that she would start for London to-
morrow
Sir William Robson, the attorney
general, hurried To the palace. aus he
explained, on urgent official business,
t.4. yI tg l.. Ia
bishop OF Canterbury who visited tho
queen In the morning paid a second
can before dinner. ~. talked with
the prince Of Wales "a ~ higrlts5 away
with signs Of great emotion Ia preside
at meeting He returned to the
palace at Q 50 O'Clock in the evening
All religious bodies ISSUED calls for
special prayers and special services
had been arranged for tomorrow Tor
infercessions for the king. The cath
ollie archbishop OF Westminster be-
fore he realized the kings critical
state. called for special services i'm
the churches of the diocese on sun
day while the heads OF The Congrega-
tional, Baptist and other denomina-
tions requested services and family
prayers
The archbishop Of Canterbury pre-
sided this evening at large charita-
bic meeting between his visits to the
palace. He said imprcssivolN.
sickness and sorrow and the great
issues OF life and death level all
earthly barriers. ! ask YOU rs Chris
tians to stand for minute IN silence
and iift up your prayers for our SOW
ercgn hanging this moment between
life ANA death.
The audience rose and after a min
ute Of silence joined in the Lords
prayer Special services were held
this evening at Sandringham. Wolver-
ton and other churches on the kings
estate.
An incident occurred this afternoon
which under ordinary circumstance
would have given King Edward the
greatest elation. His horse, Witch oi
the Air in which he was keenly in
tcrestcd, won the spring 2year-old
handicap at Kempton park amid the
cheers Of the racegoers.
The official Gazette tonight by %
coincidence, published the first pro-
gram of the court lcvecs.
from early in the morning through
a day Of brilliant sunshine followed
by stormy evening, with frequent
heavy showers, vast crowd filled tho
open spaVc in front Of Buckingham
palace. awaiting news of the king
condition. Even after evening passed
into night groups stood about the
gates and hung 20 the iron ratings
OF the gold-tippcd fence. watching
the coming and going of members OF
the royal family of physicians, of Of
fcials and of other nOtables. until the
police, shortly before midnight, with
view to clearing the streets, an
nounced that no further bulletins
would be issued until morning.
Then the stragglers reluetantly left
their posts of vantage and sadly
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