The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-05-12
ENGLAND M0URNS
DEATH OF EDWARD
Mourning Is Not q Ceremonial,
But Genuine Expression of a
People for Their Leaders,
lent Respect Keynote of At
titude-Markets Affected.

! LONDON Special.-Wkile the
great bell of 81. Paul's Cathedral
. Friday long without Buckingham
the sorrow of Great Britain for
her weIl-belOved King, Edward
VII, the millions of this city,
nus Ell and sOmbcr, paid honor to
his memory I'm tears. The steady
knell OF the giant bell sounding
above all others seemed like the
sad beating of the nations heart
as George V, the Sailor King,
was acknowledged successor to
Edward, the pcaCemG kCr. Who lay
dead at Buckingham.
silent crowds filed the streets.
The usual sounds of the metropO-
lis and partly StiIled from one
end OF the city TO the other, and
from one end of the empire to-
the other, whittier the sad news
mas gone the people mourn. They
appear as If Il great physical ca
iaInity had been visited upon the
nation.
Crowd Awaits News.
The crowd that had waited all
DAY long without Buckingham
PSiace for word of the rulers
condition had just received the
last news Then unmindfuI of the
mud and water of the pavement.
an aged woman kneIt and. with
hAnoS upltfted, prayed for the
barred their heads and bowed as
they saw the simple act.
a day of bright sunshine openef
me reign OF George V. This morninr
came bright and clear. after the driz.
1ie ana rain which drenched las
nights crowds, all unmindful of theiI
own discomfort. while they awaited
me last word from the death be1
where the heart of the nation wa.
conferred.
The vast majority of London's mil
mons knew nothing of the lost of thei
ruler till this morning. when tn,
mourning borders of the newspaDer
told a story that could. be read at
Instance The news that Edward wa
no more, after a serious illness Of bu
three days. spread CONSERVATION.
Newspaper Supply Exhausted.
me newspapers were absorbed b
tne crowds of hundreds of thousand
ana before o'clock the morning pa
pers mad been exhausted. Then cam
the evening papers. in tremendous is
sues, telling of the accession of Kin
George V.
AT railway stations and tramva,
terminals the people gathered ii
groups There was but one topic
Many gave way TO their grief, and tn
sight of men weeping as we'll as wo
men. was common. Before the da,
was FAR advanced a mighty tide O
humanity was sweeping into the hear
or the city, coming for the most par
through the great Liverpool and Can
non Street Stations. In the center
OF London, they gathered at the news
paper offices about bulletin boards OF
walked slowly about the city.
Miles OF Mourning.
The mourning Of the nation for Ed
ward is not a ceremonial observance
but the genuine expression of a peo-
pie FOR their leader. Edward was 70
the Britons a chieftain in every sense:
ne inspired confidence as surely as he
guided the destiny OF the empire. On
thousands OF buildings in London to-
Gay mourning bunting rippled in the
wind Government buildings, hotels.
hospitals, schools. business houses and
stores IN the central part of the me-
tropolis bore no more crepe than did
the mile upon mile of residential
streets Throughout the city flags
nuttered at half-mast.
whether II was upon the streets. in
notets. outside OF Buckingham pal
ace or in the clubs. today's scenes are
Such as will never be forgotten nv
any who have witnessed them. silent
attitude.
Sance the physicians at Buckingham
.omitted the seriousness of Edwards
illness the streets have never been
aeared of humanity. by night or dav.
thousands waited last night eager
- ~ tne details OF the Kings end, and
heir places were taken by the incom-
ns army from the outer sections of
ne clty early this morning. All en-
ornament is under ban, but there
3 no need for a formal prohibition
me people have no heart for thea
ers' the opera or sports. 1t is prob
loIe that the show houses will NOT
'eopen for sometime.
RACING Is affected, the Jubilee stakes at
Aefsp'on already having been postponed and
FhAt was expected to have been one of the
most brilliant social seasons of Edwards reign
has been halted at its beginning The law
oorts opened today only that the judges might
olourn' With expressions Of SORROW,