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Show KING EDWARD DEAD M Beloved Ruler of England Succumbs :i To Pneumonia. faH Whole Civilized World Mourning the 'lil Passing of an Able Ruler and Jfl Oenulne Statesman. liil Edward VII, Klug of England, n ono of tho moat beloved of nil the Hiiifl rulors of tho earth, haB euooumbod Hll to tho ravages of d'.eoaso, uud tho H English pooplo In fact tho whole H olvllizod world Ib mourning tho pas- JH slug of a raouaroh who has shown JH gouuino ability as n etatosrnan, aud. a jILI capacity for ruling his pooplo lu a 'H'l manner that will ensbrino bla tiiomory H lu tho hoartB of hli aountrymeu. H King Edward, after a brief lllneea H from pneumonia following bronohltlB IfLI died at 11 :4fi o'olook Friday night. i Gathered around tho bodsldoof tbo f'LI dying king woro tbo quoeu and prlu- r H coboos. No hopo had been held out M tbrougll the day fur tho roaovory of --.iB his majoflty. Only a day or two ago il the king waa conducting the business H of stnto and giving nudienoea, but on H Wednesday hn waa oom polled to sub- M mlt to phyalolana' orders. Since thou H until tbe end hla declluo was rapid. H The king rofusod to remain In bod H Friday morning. Ho insisted upon H gettiug up to trnnsaot buainosa of H atnto as usual, faoing his HIuues with H aourago and determination. Ho had i H numoroiiB nttaoka of uboklug and ' H coughing In the forenoon. Tho par- H oxysmB ooutiuuod frequently until H ovoniug, wbeu tho attaokB took the H form of a falluro of breath. Oxygou H was freely administered. H As tbe evening advanood ho oxpori- H enoed diflloulty In breathiut, whioh H greatly effeoted tho heart, tho loft H ventriolo falling to aot, whllo tho oxy- H gen no longer offered rellof. H His majesty again sank into n oom- H atoso condition, from whioh ho never jH rallied. H The Prinoo of Wales Huuoeded tn H tho throne immediately, ancordiuu H to tho lawB uf tbo kingdom, without -H olllnlal coromony. H1b llmt nllloial -H act, iu puruauauco to custom, wiib to H dispatch to tho lord mayor tho jM aniiounuemeut of his father's doatb. 'H Ono of tho laet uttorauoes attrlbut- jH od to King Edward was: "Weil, it is H all ovor, but I think I have done my :JM |