Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-05-12

NA@N1~f- AH~ stAA es@NAefs a. @AA~
u Counaaxh,. with hs family. - at
sp~r- hsstsniag ssss~ frurz Afrsrs- The
Kings dsaxhter. o,s--n Maud Of Norway,
wiii start foe England
Th< iusslhx-ue~ that the end 81 Nag
Edward's rvi<u bad eurne va- mt a sur
Pri-s at the last The P-opl~ had b>~a
sxP~~tinx to hear e any hour.
The capital r~s~ivsi q with.ssst .xcite-
us,ns. but sadiy. for the King with he
s~a P~oPa~ sss u@ga<~sionably enc of
the most popular rulers IN the wcrst
Fsrcs for Peace.
Th<y rexarf-a him as oa~ sf Tho
--r-e-r8-rrrSswnxzss -cv ysv sfsBf1xy
ef the p~ar~ sf the empire. The faskssa-
Is restsHrsufs we're j,Est empsyfnx and
- rvap- of late thestrrru.r~ we're
makia-; their ~ay honse~art through the
rain. whil, a small crowd .tiil huaw ahout
the palace. hen the strv~ts wets aiis-l
subi~nly With ss.bcys shriliy crying;
-Dsath Of the ing
The PaP-r~ werv :, 'iskiy .@izr,i ant the
psupi> discussed tho mous-ntsu. event
4ui>tIy saa snca assP>r~s,L The .tr-~ss
were deserted By I s'ctsrk
Within a few minutes after the deash
II the king the home ofae~ was teh.-
graphing the inseiiig~n~~ 70 the heasfs
of ether -svvrnm~nf. snt the British
diplomats .n,l colonial ofsciais thruaga-
cut th. world
Al who kn-~ the king sxp~rt-d ths,
his death wauii r.. .ui,ieu. ami IL woald
mt have csva-5nne.i great surprise u IL
had oerurrei withsut warning at .oule
.asisi f'snctioa as a result Of heart troa-
BIZ.
cue cf the last utterlnr-s attributed
TO King Edward was-
Well. = an over. but I think I
have done my duty
tie se~u1e,i then to have reached a full
realization that his dsath was appruaeh-
ing
The 9Hr~u AMI ethsr- ef the rnval fam
ily ami four da.tars had b~~u CONSTANTLY
IN thu sirS rpsm throughout the day.
Several hours h~fors M. death thu king
was IN a cuaata-s eunslithru. bat he raj
! us-t sIightiy between and 10 o'eie.<.
and aPpsarsd TO revugnizr hh. family.
Then he hp-~i into unr,an-eiousn--s.
whi~h easlsi IN hhs passing.
When Nv -. Ciair Thomp-on. ths.
great ttruas speviaitst. va callr,i IN. IL
"a. exP-SseI that an opsratbsu "a the
throat uaahf ~ NECESSARY. but after a
CONSULTATION it vas d~-isis,i th. lungs
Nwrr the sat Of the nose s~rios1- svrnp-
tasns.
Kraliys Makes Aansancer<nt-
The bs.iv hs- N the kings chamber n
the ssgsh~ass wing Of Bssrkfnxaaun Pal
aev. ~asrh - brilliantly kghtr,i. whil< this
rr~t of th- great. xsasuy bmAlisg. vita
tho svr~ptian Of Lord KnoEIvxf Gfs-~. i.
entirely iarken-.E II Wa n-arty half an
hegr after the ling br-athevi his hs.
WIEN Lssrsi kr.lliys xalk-4 Infs th.s of
ae~ AMI saist 20 the waiting rvparters-
-Csstism~u. his majesty h- Dad
Z The p~vple aufsisis the pal.ar- aulv
lesFns-i the s~ws when b.sys appeared
with papers. In the m-aHtin~ tho Prlne-
AMI Prines~s IL Walss had taken bsuv-
"a the ether H1erab~rs II the ruval family
az the main entrance. sasu after mst
aigat- Thsy drove firp~t ta Marlborough
Hsa-s- Prinev-- Victoria, ~hs = h~r
mothers crsnstans companion. rwruai -~si
I with the gEI~~u- The oSasr~ Of the fam
/ ilv followed the prince and princes Of
Wales.
Some Strenzaus Pohticx
/ Politically king EsiWanFs r~iga aas
been chi~Gy notable for - iaaag,sratbau
Of a new sra ef sscl.l Iegi>latisa fer The
bensdt Of the people. whirh followed the
cumin- ef the Liberals into power a-aia
after a long Conservative regime The
general el=sfisa< IN 1906. fought 90 th-
free trade QUESTION. brought the strong
e-t LIBERAL government for many gen.
erations into power. and ursier the
CamPbslERannsrman ant A.IaiSh mini-
tries many measures dealing with -ss
cation, old age pensions, the relations Of
workers. to employers and eognate mat
s,rs we're put into sJBrressful operation
while the great Irish home rule question
Shieh 80 agitated the political parties IN
! the Victorian era has been to a great
extent thrust into the background
The rsigu- however. ci.p-e< at a period
Of great political urrs>s. with a large
section Of the community vigorously or
/ Fa-st To the new Liberal p.aliey of IN
erusehment On the privilege OF the LANDED
ari<to.rati~ classes and With the heated
QUESTIONS sf the constitution of tn. hosls.
Of Rorsis. tariff referna AMI bone rule .sIE
unsettled
The king's desth cc~urring at nsinixht
When the Hswspapsrs we're going 10 press
Prrrisaisd anything hevend tho bare an,
noanFNment- Al the morning papers
however, appear With heavy mourning
borders and fun hiogrsphis. Of the dead
sovereign They pahlish editorials d.
Plcrin- the ratian's los. whils nzany col
umns ef l<--'-~hss FROM abroad testify
to the inteL>ifs - interest and ever
alarm his suIsIeH iIiress had ex-itei
I Throughout the world