New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-07

| arrangements for Mr. Poosetelt's Visit
/ He had serious bronchial attack. and
| our conversation was interrupted By sew
eraI spells of severe coughing but hA
/ seemed otherwise to be in vigorous
health He was cheerful. alert and it was
very interesting visit He complained
that his cough was distressing and very
firing However, he talked for fully half
an hour. I thought at the time that he
hardly realized how i'll he was.
A government official. who. in his Of
fetal capacity attended the audiences OF
the King on Wednesday ana yesterday.
said: The King looked very IN on
"Wednesday morning. and very much
worse on Thursday The chief outward
symptom was extreme hOarseness He
was scarcely able 10 speak at times. bur
insisted on continuing the audiences
Upon one occasion during the audiences
when the Kings condition was the sub
tect Of remark. his majesty said.
90 This is return Of what T had al
Biarritz 7 got clear Of il then b1f
caught another cold at the theatre. How
ever. I will be all right In few DAYS"
II is known that when the Kings
throat was affected previously he was
subject TO spasmOdic contraetions Of the
vocal cords which were rather alarming.
King Edwards first serious attack %
bronchial LIDuDlE. WHICH WAS accom-
panied with symptoms 81 asthma. wa
experienced year ago. Since that time
his majesty had suffered several reeur-
rences Of the malady, including one dur
ing his recent visit at Biarritz Each
attack proved worse than the preceding
one and more difficult to conquer The
present illness came suddenly and with
out warning
The Kings age. cOrpulence and weak
ness of the heart. which had caused &C.
casionaI attacks resembling vertigo In
the last two or three years. and had been
attributed chiefly TO smoking strong
cigars. all served TO weaken his power Of
resistance to disease.
Effects on the Stock Market.
Consols. which 10 4 great extent are A
barometer of the business feeling.
dropped from 81 11-16 when the market
closed yesterday to ~ at noon to-day.
Leading fnanciers expressed the opinion
that the monarch's illness or death
would have only a temporary effect on
securities generally, and that the decline
already recorded represents the marking
down Of quotations by brokers in ex-
pectation of the selling which usually
follows any startling news
The Stock Exchange was much excited
in the early hours by a rumor that the
King was dead The market opened
weak under offerings. but the general
tone soon improved when the report was
disproved. number Of buying orders
appeared. and there was no real pressure
to sell. The weakness was considered
purely sentimental II was expected that
Paris houses would send selling orders.
as was the case when rumors Of the
Kings illness were current earlier in the
year.
The rate of insurance offered by
LIoyds against loss in case of the Kings
death was raised sharply after this
mornings bulletin. Sixty gUineas per
cent was demanded TO insure against
losses in the case of death within a
month. The earlier morning rate had
been 30 guineas per cent.
An incident occurred this afternoon
which under ordinary circumstances
would have given King Edward the
greatest elation. His horse Witch of the
Air. in which he was keenly interested,
won the Spring Two-Y ear-Old Stake at
Kempton Park, amid the cheers of the
racegoers.