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mortal service to be held in Trinity
church. New York"
The bishop commented on this, say
ing such message shows how strong
are the ties that bind us TO our great
sister nation across the Atlantic
The text taken by the bishop was
Timothy 7. 6:15-"Which in his times
he shall show who is the blessed and
only potentate. the king of kings and
lord OF lords"
NATION STILL STUNNED
In the course of his sermon the
bishop said: The nation has received
a sudden blow by which it is still
stunned.
He paid warm tribute to the late
king as ruler. statesman and gentle
man OF the death chamber the bishop
said:
The quiet family gathering around
the bedside. the prayer said by the
archbishop before the king died, the
blessing pronounced when all was over
in the hushed room-all was Christian
there"
Very Rev. Joseph Armitage Robinson,
dean of Westminster, preached from
Catholic archbishop of Westminster,
spoke of the kings courtesy to Catho-
lies and of his desire to show equal
regard for all his subjects.
Services were held in the Russian and
Spanish chapels and were attended by
the ambassadors and their staffs.
At the Scottish church at Gaelic me-
mortal services were attended by a
large gathering.
KING SENDS MESSAGE
The archbishop of Canterbury
preached on the subject of King Ed
ward before q great congregation in
Westminster abbey. The state officials
and tenantry of Sandringham attended
the service here in a body. The pew
King Edward last occupied was filled
with white lilies. King George sent a
message to the tenantry, saying:
MY father dearly loved his country
home and was always mindful of the
welfare of all there. My feelings
toward all will ever be the same as
his"
William OBrien, member of parlia-
ment for Cork, addressing an "All For
ireland" meeting at Bandon paid a
tribute to King Edward, saying that
there was no more truly peacemaker
anywhere.
For the first time possibly in an
unhappy history of eight centuries, .
said O'Brien. "a meeting of Irishmen,
who are nationalists to the marrow in
their bones, may begin proceedings by
laying a tribute of respect and genu-
inc sorrow upon the coffin of an Eng
lish king
TO BE "QUEEN MOTHER"
Alexandra Will in the future be
styled the Queen Mother" a title not
used in England since the days of
Henrietta, the consort of Charles I.
Her dover house will be Marlborough
house and she probably also will con-
tinue TO use Sandringham house, be-
sides residing for a portion of each
year at her summer residence at
Klampenberg bay, Denmark, which she
shares with the dowager empress of
Russia.
Prince Edward, the heir to the
throne. will for the present be styled
the duke of Cornwall and Rothesay.
Later he will be created prince of
Wales. He succeeds forthwith to the
duchy of Cornwall with a clear income
of 100000 yearly, which will accumu-
late until he becomes of age, giving
him an Independent fortune of $780,
600. It was the income from this
source that enabled the late king to
purchase the Sandringham estate.
ARTIST Is ADMITTED
The artist, John s. Sargent, was
among the few privileged visitors ad-
mitted to the death chamber, which is
moderate sized room, quietly fur
nished. This room the king had used
in recent years. 1t is now draped with
black, but the entrance is quite un-
guarded. The body OF the dead king
reclines under an ordinary white
coVerlet and a few white flowers and
( viOlets placed by Queen Alexandra on
a low single wooden bed in the middle
room, which stands where the sun
falls upon it.
The king liked the head of his bed
near a window so that he got the
outlook over Constitutional hill His
hands lie in a perfectly natural posi-
tion and he still wears his rings A
large cigar case and match box are
lying on the table just as the king
left them, giving a natural look to the
apartment as if the king was only
sleeping.
Many "reminiscences are being pub
lished of the late king. Once on being
asked what he would do if he were de-
posed he replied:
Doubtless I could support my fam
lily by lecturing in America on the
constitution
Albert Teruce JOY, the sculptor, to-
day took a plaster cast of the late
kings features, while Sir Luke Fildes,
the noted illustrator, sketched the dead
king.
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