The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-19
IN OTHER LANDS.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
OF THE MEXICAN CONGRESS.
Description OfThAt body and the CabI.
nst-DOingS In the Other Hemis.
PheFe-RuHHIan Severity to PO-
litlcal ORendeFu-The Greek
Boundary Question.
LORD BEACoNsFIELD DEAD.
Tho Ex.PFGmICF's Illness Results Fatally
this mOFning.


this mOFninE.
LONDON, April 10, 8 A, M-Beaconsa
physicians regard his present symptoms
giving grounds for more grave anxiety
than at any period during his illness.
LONDON, April 10, $3.50 A, M.-Lord Bea
Conaaeld is dead.
Benjamin DisrAeli, Earl OF Beaconshe'd
and author and statesman, was the eldes
son oil Isaac Disraeli, a well.known Eng
llsh author, and was the descendant OF 1
Hebrew family, which fourishsd FIRST IN
Spain and atIerward in Italy, His grand
father, Benjamin d'Israeli, came to Eng
land In l74S, entered into business in Lon
don and amassed fortune while yet In
middle life, Lord Beacons6eId was born
In London In 1905, and received private
education, which was carefully superin.
tended by his father, At the age when
most young men who rise to political dis.
tincttOn are sent to the university,
he was artiCled to solicitor, with a
view Of qualifying him for situation In
. government office. The drudgery OF
lawyers office being distasteiul 10 him, he
contributed to Tory journal, the Repre-.
sentative. In 1927 he published his novel
"Viyian Grey" which was followed at
intervals by other brilliant works OF 6c.
tlOn. After visiting Italy, Greece, Turkey
and Syria, he returned 10 England to
ind the country involved In the Reform
bill agitation. His sympathies appear
now to have inclined to RadiCalism In
politics, and having obtained recon.
mendations from Mr.. Hume and Mr..
O'Connell, he presented himself In 1889
to the, electors Of WyCombe, but vas de.
leated, AT the general election In 1885 he
met with no better success, In 1887 he
contested Maidstone in the Conservative
interest, along with Mr.. Wyndham Lewis,
and was elected. At the early age Of 50
he took bis scat in the House OF Dom.
mons. Ills maiden speech, which was In
the high flown style, excited the laughter
oil the House, and he was 80 much dIsCon.
Certed that he stopped abruptly; but not
without uttering the remarkable pro.
phesy: II shall sit down now, but the
time will come when you will hear me-"
In 1888 Mr.. W. Lewis died, and Disraell
married the widow OF hislate colleague.
1t YVES not until lS40 that he began TO at.
tract notice, and not long afterwards
he gained the ear OF tho House as
the leader Of the Young England party.
Alter entering Parliament he wrote sever.
al novels-"Sybii" ;lS45), and "Tancred"
(l87). In 1871 he 3btt ined q seat for
Shrewsbury. On the death OF Lord George
BentinCk, 10 1913, Disraell succeeded TO
the leadership Of the Protectionists In the
House. In 1912 the Earl Of Derby offered
him the post Of Chancellor Of the
ExChequer. It was the first time
a brilliant novelist had ever
figured as the finance minister OF o
great commercial nation, and II argues
well Tor the versatility ot his genius that
be emerged with honor and credit from
the ordeal. In 1859 he introduced a
measure OF parliamentary reform, which,
being thrown out, was followed by the
resignation OF the government. When
Lord Derby returned to power
In July, 1868, DisrReli again re.
turned 10 the post OF Chancellor OF the
Exchequer. In February, 1868, he sue.
ceeded Lord Derby as Premier; but In the
lace OF a hostile majority, resigned In the
following December. On this occasion
Mrs. Disraeli was raised to the peerage as
viscountess BeaconBfeld. While out Of
office in 1870 he published "Lothair." J."
In 1873 the popularity Of Gladstone rap.
idly subsided, and the new election oil
1874 giving the conservatives a large ma.
iority. Disrasli returned to power al
Prime Minister. In 1877 he took his seat
In the Upper House US Lord Beaconsfleld.
He remained In power until 1880, when,
principally on account OF his foreign poll.
cy, he was retired and Gladstone returned
to the Premiership. Last year BeaCons.
field published "Endymion," novel that
had u wide circulation.