London vid Bombay, Oct. 24.
'A telegram from Bangkok announces the death of King Eh longhorn after a few days' illness.
cause of death is stated to have been uraemia.
The Crown Prince has been proclaimed King of Siam.—Reuter.
Chulalongkorn, the late King of Siam, was born on September 21, 1852, and succeeded to the throne on October 1, 1868. His reign was remarkable for the enlightened appreciation of Western and guidance that be! showed, and what advance Siam has made in civilization, as far as it is due to internal causes, must be credited to his example and to his personality. His soocessor, King Chowls, is twenty-nine years old and was proclaimed heir to the throne in 1895 on the death of his elder brother, The succession in Siam is not by right of primogenitare; the King appoints whom be choses Crown Prince,
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