The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-08

the new court. for the bohemian element
that the late King 70 well loved will IN
lacking Il " we'll known that the new
Queen will bar oui many Of King Edward =
favorite hOstessrs She and the new
King have no p-nchant tOT Americans,
20 this element u socisty will M decideCily
reduced NJ far ~ court functions arr
ooncensd. while certain aristocraiic
families who since the death Of Quesn
Victoria have rather held alOOf from all
court Affairs will now take up prominent
positions as SOCIAL leaders.
CALLERS AT THE PALAoE.
There were numerous calleFs az the
palace throughout the day, including
all the members n the royal family who
age now IN London. The constant stream
~ people who signed the visitors book
showed deep sympathy with Queen
Alexandra
Among the fashionable people who
drove up 70 tho palace on friday 20 inquire
about the King and 10 sign the visitors
book according "a custom were many
Americans. Mrs Reid. wife Of tho Am
hassador. and tho Countess Of Granard
were early arrivals to-day The Counties
was 70 have awarded the priEes IN an essay
composition this afternoon. but Il was
postponed and she was one Of the FIRST
visitors. The Duchess of Marlborough
and LADY Paget came together Cora
Countess Of STAFFORD. Ladies' Lister
Kaye. Willoughby d'Eresby Cheyles-
more Essex and Alastair Innes-KeT and
Mines " Phillips. q West. g. Leslie,
u Higgins and " Burns signed the book.
In MANY cases waiting hours before their
carriages could make their way 10 the
gate IT the palace Mrs Harcourt WhO
is in Paris. will return 70 London to-
morrow
Hundreds ~ callers also signed the
visitor. book at Marlborough Hou~"
VA rowERs NoTIFIED
KinR George Y has communicated the
news of the death of HE father 10 all the
crowned heads Of EUROPE and the Prssi-
dents Of France and the United States,
Messages Of confidence are arriving from
all parts u the world
The earliest message II coincidence
arrived from President Taft and Anbas-
sador Whitelaw Reid and Secretary
Phillips Of the American Embassy Were
among the first callers az the palace
Ths Kaiser sent a sympathetic message
% the Queen o..
Mr. Reed. the American Ambassador,
handed the following note 10 Sir Edward
Grey. the Minister Tor Foreign Affairs.
at the Foreign once this morning:
SIR: Ny Government instructs me to
express TO you. and through you to the
British Government and people the
sincere and profound sympathy of the
President and Government u the United
States in the loss by their British kinsmen
u ruler 40 beloved aud ~ Justly dis
tinr uishsd among all the nations 81 the
earth for his wisdom and kindhness and
for the influence Of these high qualities
in bshah Of all that IA best
1OURNNG N THK COLONIES
Dispatches from Great BritAin's de-
Tendencies. from the biggest "a the
smallest and most remote show that the
whole empire Ia IN mourning The news
Of Kng Edwards death has besn every
where received with the deepest grief.
II staggered people with NJ snddsnness.
social events have been csncelled shops
and theatres have bsen CLOSED and
sporting fixtures called on In all according
to the dispatches received here.
The wearing II mourning emblems IL
The leading colonial states
men are all paying tributes 20 the late
King aud are sending messages - con
dolencs on hehalf ~ the peoplr
ROMAN csIHoIIc sEEVtcIS
There will Je speCial services In Oh
churches tomorrow The Roman Catholic
Archbishop ~ " estrninstsr Mgr Bourne
has sent letter IA the clergy u his
dioc-s- IN which he Requests thsir earnest
that God may console the
roval family in ~ SORROW and &atrh over
the whole nation m this moment uf uni-
versll grief
The Archbishop asks that the prayers
FL Pro qtarumqu- tribuhtionr- l,e added
tn The. mass whenever the rubricS will
permit aud Furthermore than the htany
b- r.-cttsh Ne also orders that the Blessed
sacvJ m~nt be exposed Tomorrow ~ every
church for an hour and that the faithful
h. invited 10 come and prav Tor the
sorrowing empire and Tor tho guidance
~ ths. rulers u the land
~ THE FINANCIAL woRLD
lac COMMITTEES IT the stock Exchange
met this morning and unanimously de-
cided that the exchange should remain
closed to-day Business M the money
was very quiet Rates 49, regards
loans were easy Discounts IN the other
hand we're firm m tone Three months
hills werr quoted AZ ~ 20 = pe+ zen,
bat there were no buyers
The ISSUE NJ = prospectus II the hg
Japanese conversion loan which should
have be-n circulated to-day was tenn
porarly postponed The ISSUE 81 other
was also withheld
Although every one admitted that the
exchange should ~ closed, some Of the
members rssented the manner IA which
Il was effected. They wanted to know
Why the precedent created On the occasion
II the death u Queen Victoria should
not hs followed The exchange was then
opened in the usual way. and although a
q quorum Of the COMMITTEES could not be OBJ
tanned, the exchange CLOSED at ~ o'ClOCk,
the members not attempting 20 transact
business.
Although many members realize the
possibility Of further fall in prices on
Monday. It ~ expected that the market
will soon rally. II II bnliavad that The