Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-07

y Alexandra. the Prince anu fIihCess u
) Wales, the princess royal, the Duchess OF
: Eyfe Princess Victoria and Princess
A'u'$e' the D'0s LAxING,- :
= REID,
POWELL.
DAWSON
Lord Mayor Notified
Tie first official act OF Iieorge.V, npod
succeedinc- 10 the crown, was To dispatch
: to the lord mayor the announcement OF
his fathers death. fh Epuissuance of cus-
torn His telegram read -:
Il am deeply ericNed 10 inform >ou
!, that nv beloved rather the king. passed
. away peacefully at 1l:i' tonlgn,,
: Besides the nearest relatives in Eng
land. tie. Duke OF FYs,, and the Archbishop
IT Canterbury were i'll the death cham
: Der. Tho kings brother. the Duke OF
Connaught with his family. Is at Suez,
Fastening. home from Africa. The kings
daughter Queen Maud -Of Norway, VIII
start for England SUNDAY
The Intelligence that The end OF King
Edwards reign had come WIS not "a sur
. prise at the last TEa-people had been
expecting to hear ii at any hour nee the
evenings bulletin was posted at Buckins-
ham Palace and fssited throughout the
Kingdom.
tergoers were making their way home
wsrd through the rsiD while a small
: crowd still hung abont tne patace, Ehen
tie streets were fiet suddenly with
. newsboys shrilly cryins Death OF the
king"
The papers were quickly seized, and
! the people discussed the monentous event
quietly and soon dispersed
Shortly after the death of the King the
home office ielesraphed the intelligence
To the heads of other governments ana
tine British diplomats and colonial offices
throughout the world.
Sudden Death Not Unexpected
All who knew the king anticipated that,
his death would be sudden. and II would
not have oCcasioned great surprise II II
had occurred without warning at some
social function, result of heart
trouble Almost to the end he refused
e !aks 10 his bed, sn4 was s i,s up
stories go, corroborafflg the description
OF him a. an unruiy patient which Dr.
OFT gave to a Vienna interviewer.
The queen and others of the royal fam
lily and four doctors had been constantly
in the slckroorn throughout the gay. Sew
era! hours before his death the king was
in a comatose condition. but he rallied
slightly between and 10 o'clock and ap-
peared to recognize his family. Then he
in his passing.
When pr, St, Clair Thomson. the great
throat specialist. was called In yesterday
mo- ming 1T was expected that an operation
on the throat would be necessary, but
after a consultation it was decided that
the lungs were the seat OF the most seri-.
Gus symptoms.
EXPERTS were held in readiness to- adj
minister an anesthetic. but there was fear
that the weakness Uf tlfA King s t-Heart
might result in a fataRiseue. -6Adsall Ne4s-
Grafton was set aside as last rea0s'tJ:. - 7
Calls for Special Prayers. -
Early yesterday all religious bodies il
sued calls for special prayers and special
services had been arranged for today for
the king The Catholic Archbishop or
Westminster. Mgr. Bourne. before be re-
allied the kings critical state, called Tor
special services in the churches of hfsufo-1
sreeationai. Baptist and other; denOmina-
lions requested services, apdrlsnisSASray
erS- ~ ,.-..c. y. al
last evening at large Charitable meet
ing between his visits TO the palace: He
said impressively: Sickness and sorrow
and the great issue 81 lie ana ueatH
level all earstpN barrtara; ass. YOU as
Christians :tO stand"for 1nindte IN 81
lenc. and lift up your prayers for our
life and death.'' The au(isAcs ;Sase AID,
after minute of silence Joined in the
Lords Prayer. Special services were heid
last evening In Sandringham. WOlverton
and other churches on the kings estate
Kings Horse Won Race.
An incident occurred yesterday after
noon which under ordinary circum-
stances would have given King Edward
the greatest citation. His horse. witch OF
tl,e..Air. in which he was keenly inter-
asted. won the Spring two-year-old stake
ALL; err, 1T OH Park mid the cheers OF the
racesoers.
The Official Gazette last night. By CO.
Incidence. published the program OF the
court levees
From early III <ahe n5orningstsE9qsH a.
,dav of brilliant %plhsiine/ fONdyssd by a
stormy evening with frequent iieaVy Coiu
-showers. vast crowd iiueu the Cpen
space its.front.-:ef ,Bltr hia4han Palace;
onion Eyen aftcf etcning passed groups
stood abstit Tile Gates and hing upon the
IaiIinss or the big gahs-tipped, fenGe.
members of the royal family. the physi-
tians, officials and other notable per
sons. until the police. shortly he1ors MD
Announced that: no further bulletins
would be issued until morning.
Cold Developed Into Chill.
There Is no doubt that the king caught
the chill which developed SO fatally dur
ing lis weekend visit. at Sandringham
for the purpose of inspecting the changes
and alterations which had been made In
The ,,lossc and. GROUNDS of.-his- Norfolk
nome,
: The weatAer wa ,9pld snd damn. and
;fis maje.,X .eomple,ely elhaysted himself
in his Inspection Of various points Of
interest, on which In %ss ''aceoyt1pafiied'
ny Sir Righton J'robyn, keeper of the
privy purse and eytr2, ,eauerry TO the
king. Monday evening he returned ID
town and dined privateiy IA Grosvenor
Crescent. The chill was already show
ing signs of developing when he returned
TO the palace late in the evening.