Show DEATH OF BELOVED RULER OF ENGLAND KING EDWARD VII LAID LOW BY ATTACK OF PNEUMONIA AND BRONCHITIS Monarch Was Greatly Beloved by Hla People and Had Shown Genuine Ability a a Statesman prince of Wales Ascends Throne Assuming Title of George V London Edward VII King of England Eng-land has succumbed to the ravages of disease and the English people In fact tho whole civilized worldIs mourning the passing of a monarch who had shown genuine ability as a statesman and a capacity for ruling his people In a manner that will enshrine en-shrine his memory In the hearts of his countrymen King Edward after a brief Illness from pneumonia following bronchitis died at 1145 oclock Friday night May I 6 The king was seriously Ill hardly more than three days One of the last utterances attributed attribut-ed to King Edward was Well I Is all over but I think I have done my duty The Prince of Wales succeeded to the throne Immediately according to the laws of the kingdom without of i j GEORGE V KING OF ENGLAND flclal ceremony assuming the title ot I George V His first official act In pursuance i pur-suance to custom was to dispatch to the lord mayor the announcement ol his fathers death George Frederick Ernest Albert Prince of Wales who now becomes king Is the second son of Kng Edward Ed-ward and Queen Alexandra Hf was born at Marlborough House June 3 1865 seventeen months after the birth of his older brother the late Duke of Clarence He and his brother entered the navy together as cadets and he spent two years on the Britannia He then started on a three years voyage around the world on the Bacchante In 1892 when his brother led he became be-came heir apparent and took his seat In the house of lords as Duke of York In May 1S93 his engagement was announced to Princess Victoria May of Teck and they weie manled July IS ISO The prince became Uule of Corn wall when his father took the throne and soon after he started on a tour of the colonies He opened the n > st par liament of the commonwealth of Australia Aus-tralia In the full of 1U05 he went to ludla His Indian trip was generally regarded as unsuccessful from a polit ical point In 1108 he visited Canada to attend the celebration at Quebec and on that occasion met Vlce1resldont Fair Jalr banks The prince Is less democratic than his father and does democratc not have such an ardent lou for spoils I has heen predicted therefore that niter afer his accession to the throne tho court gaiety that was always a feat me dur 110 Ing Edwards jclgn will be less marked wl The new queen Is the only daugh ter of the late Francis Ouko of Teck She was born May 26 1MJ7 and mar Hod Prince George Duke of Ytjrk YOIll July 18 1M Six chliamniho suns and one dniithter blow he household of the new monarch The oldest Prince Edward Albeit now hvlr an parent is a manly lad who will 10 l 1C years old In June He Is Ii servln senil as a naval cadet Prince Albert Fredrick the second son and heir presum ve also is a naval cadet He is i mrs Did The 01 tier boys arc > PIlnc prboys i he Illam I I ry Willam Prince Prince George Eclwaj i md John Is Princess Victoria Charles The mInim iauer i Alexandra Aco Mary She was born In 1S07 |