The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-04-05
Burisl of John Bright.

LONDON, March S0.-All that is mortal
of the late John Bright, the once great
radical, the compatriot Of Golden, She
idol of the working classes of Great
Britain was laid to rest this morning in
mother earth. Not with the reverence
done to uncrowned kings; not with the
honors Of mortuary ceremonies with
which the nations Of the world close the
last chapter in the history of their de-
parted statesmen, but quietly with an
utter lack of ostentation; with that
severity which only those who have
witnessed Quaker funeral in England
can understand the earth closed over
frame which once contained the soul OF
one of the greatest minds and the most
independent OF leaders that the liberia
party has ,.nown in the pfscen, genera
ton There in the little Quaker Gene
tery high up on Roehdale's hill-with its
score or two of unmarked mounds, for a
monument or even heGdstone has yet
to desecrate Quaker home of the dead
in Engiand-with the golden spire of the
magnificent town hall glistening in the
sunlight away down III the distance; and
the towering chimneys Of his mannfac-
tories and of the cooperative works in
which, with George Jacob Holyoake and
Robert Dale Owen, he took so great an
interest, rearing their giant heads high
above the pretty little cottage and
villas which the forcthought of the dead
man had provided for his employees, the
tiuai lines in the life of good, plain old
John Bright were written. No fragrant
tiorgl offerings shed their perfume on the
ait; no mahogany or walnut e4sa e. en-
c'o},d the remains Only 81 plain, un-
vanished pine casliet, lacking decora-
ion or even inscription, :. counter
part of the colliu in which every atric3
member of the society Of Ftienis, not
excepting the emancipator WijberfoIce-
who rests in Westminster Abbev--hGs
within >be present century hJen inferred.
No ehoi-, with lis sad and solemn
chant; 10 surpliecd priests 10 in
zone the sarvica for the burial OF
the dead. Only q few remarks by
George Mortimer OF the loeal society o.
friends; mental prayer in tue hearts OF
he spectators, and the white pine csske'
| wos lowered TO lis last !esline place,
ashes 10 ashes, dust 10 dust But
d, spi e the simple formsliLies of the ser,
vice there was an claqueace of sorrow
aud grief in the tears and sob9 Of the
aur&reda Of his former employees. gray
haited men and w2nen, little boys aud
girls who surrounded the grave, which
bore tr:bu To their love for their bene
factor and friend. The mayor and conn
ciEmen Of Rochdale were thcie in body
aud thoa sinds of the citizens had climbed
the big hill 10 pay a last tribute tc
the sta:nsm2n who rad cnshrined ih:
nauc of Rochdale in the pages of lis
tory The sous of tbs deceased will
jaoob Blight, his only surviving brother
were the principal monrners, and Messrs
Chamberlain, Morley, Cremcr and seyera
other members Of parliament had jour
ncye ed from London as a final token o.
respect Eusincs5 was generally sus
pended in thc city, the iiaga on the mu
utcipal tiiildings were displayed at half
mast, and the bells Of the churches ant
ehapels of the various denomination
telled throughout the day, Tomorrow
there will be memorial services in mos
of the edifces. al which the life and pub
lie labors of the deceased statesman vii
be appropriately eulogized.