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1 Daily, Picture Coupon Six Coupons like this, together with one from THE SUNDAY; FRIBUKE <Thty n<*d not t>* consecutive dates) if presented with 10 CENTS ■ ■ the office* of The New- York Tribune Main Office, JSE.S, UPTOWN OFFICE— I 364 Broadway, - VCin entitle the bearer to one hand colored photogravure reproduction c; BABY ART Van Dvck'» ferrous -painting, on fine plate. THE STORM the second subject, ready to-day. IF BT MAIL add two (2> cents for post- aye, and T.Tlte name and address plainly. i.>. for the King with his own people vas unquestionably or< of tJie mo^t F-opular rulers in the vcrld. They re garded hfan as one of the strongest forces Making for the staMttty of the peace of i he empire. Theatre Crowds Disperse. The fashionable restaurants were just emptying and a few groups of late theatregoers were making their way homeward through the rain, while a small crowd still hung about the palace, when the streets were filled suddenly with newsboys shrilly crying. "Death of the King"' The papers were quickly seized, and the people discussed the mo mentous event quietly and soon dis persed. The streets were deserted by 1 o'clock. "Within a lew minutes after the death King the Home Office was tele graphing The Intelligence to '.he heads of r>ther government!!, British diplomats und colonial officials all over the world. All wh-> kne^ the King expected that his death stouM be Slid lira, and it would BBt have iiccaaflimfd great surprise if it had occurred without warning at some 6<«c:al function, as a result of heart trouble. One of the Last Utterances. rjajc of the last utterances attributed to King Edward was. "Well, it is all over, bat I think I have done my duty."' He seemed then to have reached a full realization that his end was fast ap pioachinir. . The Queen and others of the royal family and four doctors had been con stantly in the sickroom throughout the Say. Several hours before his death the King was in a comatose condition, but he rallied slightly between ■ and 10 clock, and appeared to recognize his family. Then he lapsed into uncon sciousness, which ended in his death. When Dr. St. Clair Thomson, the great throat specialist, was called in yester day morning it was expected that an operation on the throat would be neces sary, but after a consultation it was de rided that the lungs were the seat of the most serious symptoms. Experts v ■■, re held in readiness to administer an anesthetic, but there was fear that the weakness of the King's heart might re sult in a fatal issue, and an operation was set aside as a last resort. The body lies in the King's chamber in the northwest wing of Buckingham Pal ace, which is brilliantly lighted, while the rest of the great "*j?loomy building, with the exception of Lord Knollys's office, is entirely darkened. It was nearly half an hour after the King breathed his last a*hea Lord Knollys walked into the of sce and said to the- waiting reporters: "Gentlemen, his majesty is dead." The people outside the palace only •earned the news when boys appeared with papers. In the mean time th Prince and Princess of Wales bad taken cave of the other members of the royal family at the main entrance, soon after midnight. They drove direct to Marl borough Houfp. Princess Victoria, who :s her mother constant companion, re mained with the Queen. The others of the family followed the Prince and Prin ress of Wales. Summons to Privy Council. A summons to the Privy Councillors has been Issued by Sir Almeric Fitzroy, rlerk of the council, convening the coun ril in the throne room of St. James's Palace at '1 o'clock this afternoon, when the councillors will "with one voice and the consent of tongrue and heart pub lish and proclaim that in* hich and mighty Prince George is now, by the death of our late severeisn of happy memory, become our only lawful and rightful liege lord, George V. by the Grace of God. Dag of the T'nited King 3om of Great Britain and Ireland, De fender of th*» Faith and Emperor of India, to whom ■we do acknowledge all faith and constant obedience, with all hearty and humble affection, beseeching Sod, by •'horn kings and queens do reim, to y >«:«> the Royal Prince, George V. with long and happy years to reign 3ver us." The new King, after this proclamation, pill address the Council and promise to reign as constitutional sovereign. At the conclusion of the meeting King :5«-org«» Mill isjiu*» his first proclamation, requiring all officials to proceed with their duties. Formerly all offices, in cluding the councillors, were vacated on :he death of the sovereign. The aldermen HI the City of London will attend the Council and swear allegi ance. A proclamation has already bean ssufd by the Home Office requiring theatres to close to-day. The court win go into mourning for six months, and the Lord Mayor has or dered that the great bell of St. Paul's shall be tolled throughout the day. So sudden was the King's death that most »f the high government officials were Hunyadi" Jan r Natural Laxative Water Recommended by Physicians. Refuse Substitutes. If you have never used it before, try HOW lor CONSTIPATION absent. Premier Asquith. who is in Spain, cannot reach London before Mon- I day. Speaker Lowther in Turkey. It Is the duty of the members of both bouses of Parliament to meet without : summons as soon as they can assemble, I to take the oath of allegiance and re '• ceive the message of the King, Speaker Lowther of the House of Commons, how ever, is in Constantinople. Coming so suddenly, the death of the King brings the greatest sorrow to the nation, in whose hearts Edward, first as Prince of Wales and afterward as sov | ereign, held first place. His short reign iof nine years has been a history of I stirring times. It opened with the con j elusion of peace after a long and trying : campaign in South Africa, and closed at the critical moment 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 revolutionized. Throughout the . tire the word was , flashed, and to-day flags will be floating !at half-mast the world over. Besides i the social gloom which the King's death casts over England, several important | and long planned official events .must be j abandoned. The Prince and Princess of ' "Wales were to go to South Africa with the squadron, and the Prince was to ; open the first parliament .of the new confederation, but his accession to the ; throne will now prevent this. Mr. Roosevelt's Plans Hampered. i The deatfi of his majesty will also I mean the abandonment of the principal plans to entertain ex-President Roose velt, and his visit may be cancelled. The ' official receptions, with the court In mourning, and the embassy entertain ments will not be held, and the presenta tion of the freedom of the city and the luncheon at the Guildhall will probably 1 be given up. If Mr Roosevelt's visit to England is carried out ii will be shorn of all dis play. Telegrams from Berlin say that the German Emperor will attend the funeral in England, and that Mr. Roose velt's visit there must be postponed. According to unofficial reports, which cannot be confirmed, the King remained sitting in a chair throughout the day. He suffered from frequent and violent attacks of coughing. During his quiet intervals, however, the King was fully conscious, and made inquiries about state engagements, and even asked about the success of his horse at the Kempton races. As the evening advanced he cx i perienced difficulty In breathing, which greatly affected the heart, the left ven tricle failing to act, while the oxygen no longer afforded the relief it had pre viously given. His majesty soon sank into a comatose condition, from which practically he never rallied. Crisis in Political Affairs. The greatest constitutional crisis in generations hangs over Great Britain. King Edward was familiar with all feat ures of a situation which may be par ticularly trying to his successor, who. on the threshold of his reign, would be called upon to deal with the question of employing the authority of the crown to curb the powers of the peers. From a social and business point of view the monarch's death is equally un fortunate. The social season, when fam ilies are flocking from the country to London and the merchants are counting upon a big business, is just beginning, and was expected this year to be the most brilliant of many seasons. The King's death will throw the court and country into mourning and end the social activities. Public opinion will doubtless demand that the Liberals' programme for reform ing the House of Lords, Kith a possible appeal to the Crown to make the most Important decision a sovereign has been called upon to take in many years, shall be laid aside for a long time. The would be opposed to thrusting on Kin Edward'? successor at the beginning of his reign, when be was first grappling with important routine work, a question so vital to the future of the empire. Throughout the nine years of King Edward's reign, tariff reform versus free trade, which was opened by the famous Chamberlain speech in May, IMS, has been continuously under discussion. Th close of the year 19Q2 saw the end <> the long Salisbury administration an the accession of a. .1. Balfour to the Premiership. On his accession to the throne, before the Privy Council, the King announced hi.« intention "to walk in his mother footsteps." but while Queen Victoria : lived almost a life of retirement, Inter | esting' herself mainly in home affair?, 1 the Kind's influent-* throughout his NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1910. QUEEN ALEXANDRA. (Photograph by Lafayette, London.) h BUCKIXGHA"M PALACE, LONDON, WHERE KIN(J EDWARD DIED. reign had been devoted more to interna tional affairs by visits to foreign courts and personal action of constitutional character in various directions, making every possible effort to bring the empire into the friendliest relations with other countries, smd his efforts were so suc ceflsful that he has been universally known as 'Edward th»- Peacemaker." Politically King Edward's ivign bus been chiefly notable for the opening of a new era of social legislation for the benefit of the people, which followed th coming of the Liberals Into power again, after a long Conservative rule. The gc-n ■ ral elections in- 10<h;. fought on the Fre • Trade question, brought the strongest Liberal government for many genera tions into power, and under the Oamp beli-Bannennan and Asquith ministries many measures deali:i? with educa tion, old ape pensions, the relations of workers to employers nn<l cognate mat ters w«re put into successful operation. while the great Iri.^h Home Rule ques tion, which so agitated the political parties in the Victorian era. has been to a great extent thrust into the back ground. The reign, however, closes at a period 'of great political unrest, with a large section of ihe community vigorously op posed to the new Liberal policy of en croachment en the privileges of the land ed and aristocratic classes and with the ted questions of the constitution of : the House of Lords, tariff reform and home rule still unsettled. All Papers in Black Borders. The King's death occurring at mid night, when the newspapers were going to press, precluded anything beyond the I bare announcement. All the morning ; papers, however, appear with heavy mourning borders and full biographies of ; the dead sovereign. They publish cdi ! toriala deploring the nation's loss, while many columns of dispatches from THE KING OF GREAT BRITAIN AND HIS ELDEST SUN, PRINCE EDWARD OF WALKS, NOW THE HEIR APPARENT. , . ilMioicKiuvh cu;>j'ii£lit by I'aul Thorn &Bon, New Yoik.j *«.. i THE -;iN(J AND QUEEN AND THKIK six CHTtDRBN abroad testify to the inten yof interest and even alarm his sudden illness has excited throughout the world. Little yet has been heard on the sub- Jecf of the new King, but the general burden of the editorials is to remind the nation and the empire of the greatness of the loss sustained. "In the zenith of his fame, and what seemed to his loyal subjects but the middle of his reign, he has been sud denly stricken down." says "The Morn- Ing Post." "Seldom has an English king, and never has a British king, en joyed throughout his life the same kindly personal affection as always at tended King Edward. Only now, too late, will men find how much they owed to him and how great a part he un ostentatiously played." "The Telegraph" says: "Even In France and the United States King Edward commands wellnigh as warm regard as can ever be extended to their own rulers, and if this was the case abroad what shall we say of the feelings with which our beloved sov ereign was regarded at home. Not three kings in the whole range of our history enjoyed at any time such universal af fection as was given to Edward VII throughout his life." A Tribute from "The Standard." The Standard" says: •The first of Englishmen has passed away— the monarch whose name is written among the highest in the roll of England's long line of sovereigns, a patriot, a statesman, a governor, well fitted by the vigor of his intellect and the engaging charm of his temperament to be the actual as well as the cere monial chiet' of the peoples he loved so well and of the empire he ruled with such memorable success." "The Daily News" says: "The whole nation is confused and be wildered to an extent which defies analy- sis and beggars description. The King passed away in the full tide of his per sonal popularity, which was unequalled among contemporary monarchs in any quarter of the world." "The Times" in an editorial says: "To the last he hag shown the courage of his royal race. He continued to transact business almost to the end. The swiftness and wholly unexpected charac ter of the blow will add to the pain it will bring not only to his own people, but to all who love peace throughout the world. "The loss of such a sovereign at the moment when we stand committed to j the gravest domestic crisis of our time |is a public calamity. We have, never _ theless, one consolation. The serious ; I character and the wide personal knowl i ! edge of public business throughout the i empire of King George afford a strong . i hope that the ship of state will be wise- I : ly and firmly steered through all the , i dangers which menace it. We have lost i a great constitutional King. He has left I us a successor in whom we may confi dently repose our trust." Opinions Regarding New King. The thoughts of England turn largely ! toward the new King — what policies he iis likely to follow and what are the i prospects vt a successful reign. George 1 j V never has been as well known or as close to the people as his father was 1 when he was Prince of Wales. Hence he never was so popular. His nature is shy and retiring, and he is not consid ered as much of a man of the world as was his father. Nothing about King 1 Edward appealed to the British masses 1 j more strongly than his devotion to sport. 1 Prince George appeared to care less for it than the average English gentleman ■ does. He reached maturity as merely the grandson of the sovereign, which gave him little opportunity to take part in public affairs, but he has become more active during the last five years in that direction. He has been a con stant attendant at Parliament and has j followed the debates on the House of Iyords question closely. He has made , many public speeches before non-politi i | cal organizations in the last two or three ' years, and has thereby gained a stronger hold on the people. The Prince of Wales was chiefly known as a great traveller and a good public I speaker. He never had occasion, as his father before him, to discharge the du ties of sovereign, and therefore to a great extent lacked the useful experience jof actual touch with national affairs, | which Edward gained during the life time of Queen Victoria. At the same time, in the course of long experience in ' the naval service and wide travels in all the dominions of the empire he gained a full knowledge and understanding of and sympathy with the national and impe rial aspirations. The dominant characteristics of the new King are said to he love of. country and of home, and it is predicted that his j court will be smaller and less repre sentative than that of King Edward. Praise from Socialist Leader. The Socialist ex-member of Parlia- ' ment, Will Crooks, addressing a public meeting here last night, paid a notable tribute to King Edward, who at the mo ment lay dying. He said that one of the King's greatest characteristics was his care for the common people. "He always makes the poor man feel as comfortable as possible." Mr. Crooks said. "He is above the Tory, above the Liberal and above the Socialist He is. In fact, the father of us all. who smiles' benignly upon us, and loves to see us all go fighting in our own way. "I hope and pray from the bottom of my heart that he will be spared." THE PEOPLE L FOREWARNED All Hope of Ruler's Recovery Abandoned in Evening. London. May The impression pre vailed at the palace at 11 o'clock that King Edward could not survive the night, and as early as S o'clock his majesty's condition was reported as very grave. The Archbishop of Canterbury returoed to the palace at i) o'clock to night, aft^r an absence of less than an hour, during which he attended a meet ing of the clergy and church workers at the Church House. In opening the meet ing the Primate. In a voice broken with emotion, asked that a silent prayer be offered for the King. "Sickness and sorrow and the great Issues of life and death." ho .said, "level all earthly bar riers. I ask you as Christians to stand I for a moment In silence and lift up your prayers to God for our sovereign, who Is hanging this moment between lift and i death. Let us pray." The large audience arose and remained In prayer for some minutes. Just twenty-four hours after the first ' news was broken to the public, as from a clear sky. that the Kin* was suffering from bronchitis, with the physicians' statement that his condition "causes gome anxiety." came the official an nouncement that his majesty's condi tion is now critical." The public Immediately Interpreted these significant words to mean that the King's condition was hopeless. The bul irtin was transmitted to all the royal relatives before it was made public, and the rapid sequence of arrivals >■' roy alties at the palace within the next hour confirmed, as far as confirmation wa» needed, the most alarming views. The Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duchess of Albany, who had left the palace shortly before the bulletin wa* issued, both ladies showing marked signs of grief, soon hastened back. Prlnce*3 Victoria and the Duke of Fife followed. The Duke and Duchess of Connaught. who arrived to-day at Suez from an African shooting: expedition, were in formed, and Queen Maud telegraphed from Christiania that she would start for London to-morrow. Sir William Robson. the Attorney Gen eral, hurried to the palace, as he ex plained, on urgent official business., and remained half an hour. The Archbishop of Canterbury, who visited the Queen in the morning, paid a second call before dinner. He talked with the Prince of Wales and hurried away with signs of great emotion to preside at a meeting. He returned to the palace at 0:30 o'clock in the evening. The Crowds Before the Palace. From early in the morning through a day of brilliant sunshine, followed by a stormy evening, with frequent heavy, cold showers, a great crowd filled the open space in front of Buckingham Pal ace awaiting news of the King's condi tion. Even after evening passed into night groups stood about the gates and hung to the iron railings of the big gold tipped fence watching the comings and goings of the members of the royal family, the physicians, officials and other notable persons, until th<» police shortly before midnight, with a view to clearing the streets, announced that no further bulletins v -uld be issued until this morning. Intimate friends and members of the royal family were received at the en trance to the wing of the palace in which the King's apartments are lo cated, and the officials of the household gave them the latest news from the sick room. The crowd outside was an ever changing one, the early arrivals consist ing of artisans, who stopped for a brief moment on the'- way to work to ques tion the waiting reporters, and policemen who had spent the night at the gates. Later in the morning women of all classes commenced to flock through Green and St. James's parks toward the Kin and St. James's parks toward the palace. A few carriages and automo biles drove up with diplomats and other callers, who were soon followed by the whole official and eoci: -world of Lon don, until the waiting row of vehicles E4e official and soci- world of Lon until the waiting row of vehicles stretched for several blocks along the street. . ... - ... When the morning bulletin, which long , before had been given to the press and | circulated in special editions, was posted on the fence, the square was so crowded that police reserves had to be called out to make a passage for the moving traf fic. There had been a feeling that the reports in the morning newspapers were exaggerated. The bulletin, however, showed that the King's condition was most grave, and the solemn faced crowd which went home for late luncheon spread the news throughout the city. The weather continuing fine in the af- ) ternoon brought out more and more, j persons, who had a long, 'weary and anxious wait, in the absence of a bulle- ! tin, for upward of six hours. This served to Increase rather than allay the fears that the rumors which were flying about that the King was dead or dying were only too true. The people passed the time in watching the arrival of vis itors or strolling up and down Constitu tional Hill, from which a view of the King's apartments coull be obtained. The announcement in the newspapers that a bulletin would be issued at ♦>:,» at tracted an ever increasing throng. They come to read the bulletin, or If unstrung enough, to force their way heedlessly through the masses. The dinner hour caused only a slight thinning out of the crowds, to be followed later by prac tically everybody who was within reach of the palace. Many women in evening gowns, with their escorts, left the din ner tables hurriedly and abandoned their usual visit to the theatre or oth«»r places of amusement to go to the palace gates. Police Disperse the Crowd*. The showers, which were accompanied by a sharp wind, drove only a few away, and it looked as If the palace square would be filled the night long, until the police moved off those who had gathered, with the news that no further bulle tins would be forthcoming. Only groups of reporters remained. When the royal ensign on Bucking ham Palace was lowered as usual at sunset the waiting multitude thought that it was a signal that the King was dead. All removed their hats, and the scene was an affecting one. The evening bulletin Issued at 6:IS t.JHock was the first given out since Just before noon to-day. The great throngs vh'ch had remained near Buckingham Palace were informed that his majesty's symptoms had become worse during the day and that his condition was critical. The Prince and Princess of Wales, who spent the day at the palace, left there late in the afternoon. The prince lifted his hat as they drove through the great throng, which received them In re spectful silence. The princess held her handkerchief to her ryes. Their son. Prince John Charles Francis, was with them. The" Archbishop of Canterbury spent half an hour this afternoon with Queen Alexandra. The callers included Lord Kitchener, Lord Roberts and a number of dukes. , The Duchess of Albany left the palace just before 8 o'clock to-night. She was In tears. The Attorney General, Sir William Robson. visited the palace between 0 and 7 o'clock, remaining for some time. The Home Secretary was summoned to the palace at 8 o'clock. Choking spells were at that time affecting the King's heart. The Princess of Wales returned to the palace at 7 o'clock. The Archbishop of Canterbury paid another visit to the pal ace and conferred with the Prince of Wales, departing at 7:4.">. He appeared to be greatly affected. Ambassador Reid went to the palace this morning several hours before th* alarming bulletin wan Issued, and was privately informed then that the condi tion of his majesty was already very grave. Describing hi* visit to the palace on Tuesday. Mr. Reid said: The king sent for me to complete some arrangements for Mr. Roosevelt's ftstt. He had a nerious bronchial attack, and f our conversation was interrupted tv sev eral spells of severe mi whin hut he. ; seemed otherwise' to be-in v ferrous i health. If" was cheerful, alprt. and it wq s a very interesting vi=it. H<=» <-omp!aln»d that his couch was. distressing and vex? tiring. However, he talked for fully half an hour. I thought at the time that "he I hardly realized how ill he was. A KOvernment official, who in his of ficial capacity attended the 'audiences of the Kin* on Wednesday an»t -yesterday. said: "The Kin* looked -very ill *>n "Wednesday morning, and very nroch worse on Thursday. The 'chief outward symptom was extreme hoarseness. H» was scarcely able to speak a* times, hut Insisted on continuing th«» auriie>n?i»3. Upon one occasion during the a'ud'.ences, when the King's condition was the sub ject of remark, his majesty gafd: ■• This is a return of what I had at Biarritz. I got clear of it tnerr. but caught .another cold at the theatre. How ever, I will be all right In a few .days.'" It is known that when the King's throat was affected previously h«» iwu subject to spasmodic contritions of ih» vocal cords which were rather alarming. Kins: Edward's Ural serious attack n? bronchial trouble, which was a<T*>:£ ' panied with symptoms 'of asthma, was experienced a year ago. Sine* that time his majesty had suffered several recur rences of the malady, including one dur ing his recent visit at Biarritz. Far -i attack proved worse than the pr*ce<ltn; one and more difficult' to con^uT. The present illness (am*- suddenly and wjth out warning. The Kings age. corpulence and weak ness of the heart, «Md had caused oc casional attacks resembling vertigo In the last two or three years, and had bWn attributed chiefly to smoking " strong cigars, all served to weaken hli power of resistance to disease. Effects on the Stock Market,: "".*' Consols, which to a gr^at extent are a barometer of the business ' feeling. dropped from SI 11-10 when the market closed yesterday to 81 at norm to-day. Leading financiers expressed thp opinion that the monarch's illness or death would have only a temporary effect on securities generally, and that the decline already recorded represents the marking down of quotation? hy brokers in ex pectation of the selling which usually follows any startling news. The Stock Exchange was much exciter! in the early hours by a rumor that the King was dead. Th- market opened weak under offerings, but the general tone soon improved when the report was disproved. A number of buying orders appeared, and there was no rea! pressure to sell. The weakness was considered purely sentimental. It was expected that Paris houses would st-nd selling orders. as was the case when rumors of • the King's illness were current earlier in the year. The rate of insurance offered by Lloyds against loss in case of the King's death was raised sharply after this morning's bulletin. Six' guinea? per cent was demanded to insure against losses in the case of .death within a month. The earlier morning rate hai been Si guineas per cent. An incident occurred this afternoon which under ordinary circumstances would have given King Edward the greatest elation. His horse Witch of the Air. in which he was keenly interested. won the Spring Two-.Y ear-Old Stake at Kempton Park, amid the cheers of the racegoers. . . . A Secret of Health r HE season's * ■'-■''■ underwear shoulcl be of the sow at " r\-\" fight kind and b~r saams weight. 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