Telegram-herald., 1891-06-09

irregular breathing and the feeble beat
ing of his heart told that he still
lived So he lay until the end
which came quietly about 1915 O'Clock
p. IN. when DIR. Powell. who was sit
ting Mt the bedside, his hand on the
patients pulse, looked up and said.
with quavering voice: THE end has
come. He has passed away without q
single struggle" The sad news
was flashed over the wire to
the house of commons Those
who surrounded the bedside of the
chieftain during his last moments were
Lady Macdonald. Hugh John Mac
donald. Mary Macdonald, the only
A. Macdonald, his grand son, Mrs
Stewart. a relative of the family, and
Joseph Pope and Fred White, his secre-
taries
The remains Of the dead leader were
embalmed Sunday morning. The casket
in which the remains will be inferred
was made in West Mcriden. Conn It
Is of rolled steel and Is painted q
beautiful rose color. The massive
handles consist of solid bars of oxi-
died silver and extend along both
sides of the coffin. On the lid are three
large silver figures emblematic of the
flight of time in white silk The out
side OF the casket Is made Of
solid oak and also displays
heavy silver handles.
The official statement regarding the
funeral arrangements issued from
Earnscliffe states that the body will be
privately moved from Earnscliffe to
the parliament buildings, and will lie
In state in the senate chamber from 10
o'clock on Tuesday morning until the
hour Of the funeral The state funeral
will leave the parliament buildings
q. o'clock on Wednesday for
st. Adams church. where most
impressive service win be held. The
church will be completely draped in
mourning. The cortege will then pro-
coed To the Canadian Pacific depot
and thence the remains will be con-
veyei 10 Kingston. The body viii
lie in state in the city hall. Kings
ton. Thursdav until noon, when the
iutermcnt will take place in the
alongside the remains Of the late pre-
nier's first wife. The remains will be
attired in the full uniform Of an imper-
ial privy councillor. The funeral will
BE- che lar1ss. ever seen in Canada. and
viii be attended by the governor gen
eral. members of both houses OF
parliament in n body. the gov
errors 81 the different provinces,
the judges Of the supreme and in
ferior courts. and al distinguished men
i'm Canada The Canadian Pacific Rail-
way Company viii provide sixty-seven
cars draped in mourning 10 convey the
funeral cortege from the capital 70
Kingston. Minute guns viii be fred
an every city in Canada during the
progress Of the funeral
Thousands upon thousands Of tele-
grams and eablegrams have been re-
ceived since the sad event a. Earns
cliffe from all quarters of The globe.
extending sympathy 70 the hereaved
widow Her majesty the queen eabled
eondolenee aud expressed sorrow 50
the great loss "a Canada and the SOW
ereiyu SIR Charles Upper. by some
supposed % be the prospective sue
csssor 20 the late premier from
Nielia expressed deep sympathy with
The naticn in the loss of the greatest
statesmen IL HIS ever produced Lord
Salisbury. premier Of England; Lord
Iansdowne. viceroy OF Tndia: Lord
r.orne and Princesse Louise are
also among distinguished person
ages who have sent condolences.
The country Is plunged IN mourning
BESIDES the rexret felt in every part %
the country for Sir John personally. The
irrs para bic loss the nation has suffered
Il keenly fels With the death Of iss
veteran chieftain has come moss
important crisis for the government
and the country The ministry =
dissolved. although the individual
rneuab ers 81 the recent cabinet re-
tain their positions ss administrative
heads of their depsrtments sir John
Thompson. minister Of justice. returned
from Montreal sunday morning. and IN
the afternoon the ex-minlsters sat IA
Council in tAe ehamb Der Of the priTy