The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-07

London. May Edward VII. king
of the English. died at ll:45 o'clock
last night. The prince of Wales is
king, assuming the title of George v.
and will take oath before the privy
council at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Coming so suddenly. the death of the
king cannot but bring the greatest
sorrow of the nation In whose hearts
Edward. first as prince of Wales and
afterward as sovereign, held first
place.
Edward Wis short reign has been
a history of stirring times. II opened
with the conclusion of peace after n
long trying campaign In South Africa
and concluded with the crisis of one
of the most momentous political
struggles of modern times between
the peers and commons. In "A day
the political outlook of Great Britain
has been revolutionizcd
Gathered around the bedside of tho
dying king were the queen and prin-
cesses. No hope had been held out
through the day for the recovery of
his majesty. whose death 1t IL believed
was uhf 10 pH'hlHtIid, lbi'HlhS
bronchitis contracted shortly after his
return from Biarritz, only day or
two ago the king was conducting the
business OF state and giving audiences.
but on Wednesday he was compelled
tn submit to physicians orders. Since
then until the end his decline was
rapid
Besides the few relatives In Eng
land. the Duke of Fife and the Arch
bishop of Canterbury were In the
death chamber. The kings brother
the Duke of connaught, with his fam
ily is at Suez. Fastening home from
Africa The kings daughter. Queen
Maud of Norway. will start for Eng
land tomorrow.
Not a Surprise.
The intelligence that the end Of
King Edwards life had come was not
IA surprise at the last. The people had
expected 1t for an hour before the bull
Ietn was posted at Buckingham pal
ace and flashed throughout the king
dom The capitol received II with
out excitement but sadly. for the king
with his own people was unauestion-
ably one of the most popular rulers
In the world. They regarded him as
one of the strongest forces making for
the stability of the peace Of the en-
pire The fashionable restaurants
were just emptying and few groups
of late theatergoers were making their
way hoineward through the rain. "A
small crowd still hung about the
palace, when the streets were filled
suddenly with newsboys crying.
death of the king" The papers were
quickly seized and the people dis
cussed the momentous event quietly
and soon dispersed. The streets We're
deserted by | O'Clock Within few
minutes after the death of the king
the home office was telegraphing the
intelligence to the heads of other gov
ernments and the diplomats and CO.
Ional officials throughout the world
The king was sitting up yesterday
In large chair In the palace. so the
stories go, corroborating the descrp-
tion of him as an unruly patient
which DR. OFT gave to Vienna In
terviewer last evening.
az Is All Over"
One of the last utterances attributed
to King Edward. was:
We'll, II IL all over. but | think |
have done my duty
He seemed then to have reached a
full realization that death was APP
preaching.
The queen and others Of the royal
family and four others had been con-
stantly In the sick room throughout
the day Several hours before his
death the king was In comatose
condition. but rallied slightly between
8 and 10 O'Clock and appeared to rec
ognlze his family Then he lapsed
into Inconsistencies which ended In
death.
When DR.. ST, Clair Thompson, a
great throat specialist was called in
yesterday morning 1t was expected an
operation on the throat would be ne
cessary, but after "a consultation 1t
was decided the lungs were the seat
of the most serious trouble Experts
were held in readiness to administer
an anaesthetic but there was fear
that the weakness of the kings heart
might result fatally and an operation
was reserved as .he last resort,
The body lies In the kings chamber
In the northwest wing of Buckingham
palace. which Is brilliantly lighted.
while the rest Of the great gloomy