The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-04-22
DEATH oF LORD BEACOYssIELD.

a telegram from London, dated April
10Th, stated that Lord Beaconsfeld died
at $40 o'clock that morning. The morn
ing bulletin announced that he had been
restless for some hours, and during the
day his strength gradually diminished.
At 10 p. IN. it was known that he was
sinking. At 5 q. m. the bulletin read as
follows: "Lord Beaconsiield's physicians
regard his present symptoms as giving
grounds for more grave anxiety than at
any period during his illness" A few
minutes afterwards he died.
He was conscious up to a late hour
last night, when weakness brought on
delirium and he sank into stupor lie
recovered consciousness, however, just
before he died. Lords Rowton and Bar
rington and Drs Quain and Kidd were
were with him when he died, and hun
dreds were waiting in respectful silence
IN the street. The news was at once
telegraphed to the Queen and to all the
ministers and leading men of both par
ties.
Though the death of this remarkable
man was not unexpected, it will never
theless send a thrill through every civil
lied nation on the globe. He was one
of the foremost men of the century and
has borne a conspicuous part in shaping
the destinies of the great nation he so
ably represented.
Benjami Disraeli, Earl of Beacons-
field and Viscount Hughenden, was the
son of Isaac Disraeli the author of sever
al literary works, and was born in Lon
don on the 2lst of December, 1904. He
studied law but soon tired of the legal
| profession and devoted himself to litera-
ry pursuits. In 1926 he published his
first novel, "Vivian Grey" When thir
ty-two years of age he was elected to
Parliament as a representative of the
borough of Maidstone, having previous
ly been twic, defeated.
His first speech in Parliament was a
failure, and was shouted down by the
members. He closed with the following
words: 81 am not surprised at the re-
ception have experienced. have be-
gun several times many things, and
have often succeeded at last shall sit
down now, but the time will come when
you will hear me" And indeed it was
not long before he was heard, for in
1889 he made speech which was
listened to with profound attention.
Up to this time he had published, be
sides "Vivian Grey" satire in one vol
ume, entitled "'rhe Voyage of Captain
Popanilla," his second society novel;
"The Young Duke novel called "Cou-
tarini Fleming, a psychological autobi-
ography; glittering oriental romance,
| The Wondrous Tale of Alroy," 'The
Rise of Iskander,' founded on Scander-
beg's revolt against the Turks in the
fifteenth century; the political writings,
"What is He9' "Tbe Revolutionary Ep-
ic," ''The Crisis Examined" and "Vin-
dicatlon of the English Constitution, u
embodying hispolitical views; the sarcas
tic and pungent articles in the Times
signed Runnymede; thelove story, Hen
rietta Temple" and the novel, "Venetia,
in which Byron and Shelley figure. He
afterwards published "Count Alarcos,
a Spanish tragedy, "Coningsby," "Sibyr'
and 0Tancred." In 1910 he became the
leader of the Conservative party.
In March, 1852, when Lord Derby
was at the head of the administration,
Disraeli was made Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer and member OF the Privy
Council. The same year he went out OF
office with Lord Derby, in December.
After Lord Palmerston's downfall in
February. 1853, he again became Chan
cellor of the Exchequer under Lord Der
by, who was succeeded in June of the
same year by the Pslmerston- Russell
Cabinet. During this administration, a.
well as during the Russell Gladstone
Ministry, he led the opposition in the
Commons. He again became Chancellor
Of the Exchequer under Derby, in 1866,
his chief political action being his support
of the Reform bill, signed by the Queen
August Is, 1867, extending the right of
suffrage to all householders in a borough
and to every person in county having
a freehold of forty shillings. The Earl
of Derby resigned in February, 1868.
Disraeli then became Prime Minister,
which post he retained until December,
1868, when he was succeeded by Glad.
stone. In 1870, he published "Lothair,
which reached circulation of $4,000
copies in this country. The peerage of
fered him in 1868 he declined for HIM
SELF but he accepted it for his wife, who
became Viscountess Beacons6eld. He be-
came Prime Minister again in Februa
ry, 1874, after the resignation of Glad
stone by whom he was again succeeded
on the 2Sth of April, 1880. Soon after
ward he was created Earl of Beacons
field. His wife died Dec. 23, 1872.
The family Disraeli settled first il
Spain aud then in Venice. Benjamin
Disraeli came to England in 1746. He
married in 1865 Sarah Villareal de Sc
proof, by whom he had one child, Isaac
Disraeli, the father of Lord Beacons
field.