Show SWEDEN MOURNS FOR HER KING King Oscar II Had Endeared Himself Him-self to All the People as an Intimate Personal Friend Oldest Son of the Swedish King Oscar Os-car Gustave Adolphe Succeeds to iheThrone Taking the Oath of Allegiance a Few Hours After the Death of His Father Stockholm Oscar II king of Sweden Swe-den died at 910 oclock Sunday morning The death of tho venerable monarch occurred in the royal apartment apart-ment of the palace where surrounded by tho members of his family Including Includ-ing tho aged Queen Sophia and the Crown Prlnco Oscar Gustavo thtj high ministers of state the inevitable end had been awaited while outside tho palace great crowds stood with bowed heads and tearful eyes long after tho announcement camo of the death of their wellloved sovereign The whole country Is bowed with grief for King Oscar was something more thun a ruler of his peoplo and had cnueareu himself to them as an Intimate and personal friend When tho Hag on the palace was dipped to halfmast there was ti moan of anguish from tho assembled multitude and many of them cried Our dear old king is doadl The succession to the throne of Sweden now passes to Oscar Gustavo Adolphe Duke of Verland the eldest son of the Into king At a meeting of the council of state Sunday afternoon after-noon tho now king took the oath of nlloglnnco under the title of Gustavo V and adopted the motto With the peoplQ of the fatherland rim princess then took the oath of allegiance alleg-iance and tho new monarch accepted the homage of the state officials The last hours of tho expiring monarch I mon-arch were passed In unconsciousness and up to the end he gave no sign of recognizing those about him The queen was griefstricken because ho could not bid her farewell |