Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1891-06-13


her lace showed traces of weary watch
ing and the long suspense, but she bore
up bravely.
death came peacefully to the aged
premier at 1915 p. m. He was uncon-
sclous to the last. The pulse futtered,
the breath came shorter and the pulse
was still
When the announcement of Sir
johns death was made the bells of the
city were tolled to convey the intelli-
gence to the thousands who were anx.
lousiy awaiting this signal, that their
beloved premier was no more.
Lady Mcdonald is now prostrated
with grief. There has been a sugges-
ton made that the remains of Sir John
Macdonald shall be inferred in West.
minister abbey, and it has given rise to
considerable discussion.
VIII Lie In State-Telegrams of Condo
lence.
OTTAWA, Ont, June S.-Sir John Mac
donald's body will be privately re-
moved from Earns Cliffe to the parlia-
ment buildings, and will lie in state
from 10 o'clock Tuesday morning until
the hour of the funeral. The state
funeral will leave the parliament build
lngs at o'clock p. m. Wednesday for
st. Adams church; thence to the Ca
madam Pacific station, whence the body
will be conveyed to Kingston. The
body will lie in state in the city hall
in Kingston until noon, when the inter-
ment will take place.
In all the city churches yesterday
touching references were made to the
departed statesman. Hundreds of tel
egrams reached Lady Macdonald dur
ing the day. They all extended COM
dolences and sympathy. Queen Vic
toria telegraphed from Balmoral to the
governor-general that she was deeply
panied to learn of Sir Johns death,
which was regarded as great loss to
Canada and the sovereign. Sir Charles
Tupper also cabled message of SYM
pathy from Vienna. Other messages
were received from Lord Salisbury and
scores of notables In England.
[Sir John Alexander Macdonald, G. @. r.
Macdonald, Esq. of Suthcrlandshire, Scot
land,was born in Glasgow, January IL, 1915.
He received his education at the royal gram
mar school, Kingston, under DR.. Watson, a
fellow of oxford university. After leaving
this seminary he studied law with George
Mackenzie, and became barrlster in
Canada In 1898; became queens
counsel III 1916 and bencher ex-
-offico or me Law society or UnrarIo. Ho
holds the rank of past grand senior warden
of the Canada freemasons, as well as being
the representative in Canada of the grand
lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons of England. He held a
seat in the executive council of Canada
for eleven years. He held the position of
receiver general in lS47, was commissioner
of crown lands in 1Sf7-4s and was attorney
general in 1s5i-62. 1S54-67 and prime minister
in 1858; government leader in the assembly
in 1864 81 and minister of military affairs
from 1862 to 1867. In 1865 he was requested to
take the place of Sir L. L. Tache as prime
minister on the death of that gentleman,
but waived his claim in favor of Sir E. n.
Belleau. He was sent to England and other
foreign nations on public business on many
occasions, and was made chairman of tho
London colonial conference in 1867,
when the act known as the British
North American act was passed in
the imperial parliament He formed
the first government on July /, 1857 +,
when the new constitution took effect, when
he was sworn a member of the Dominion
privy council and appointed minister OF
Justice and attorney general of Canada. an
Office which he filed with marked ability
until he and his ministry resigned under the
Union Pacific charges November 6, 1872. On
the resignation of the reform adminlstra-
tion in 1878 he formed the present
government in which he became minister
of the interior, but resigned this portfolio to
become president of the council and super
intendent general of Indian affairs in 1888
In 1871 he became one of her majesty s
joint high commissioners, to act in
company with Earl De Gray, Sir
Stafford Nortbcote, Sir Edward Thorn
ton and Montague Bernard in effect
ing, with five commissioners appointed
by the president of the United States, set
tIement of the Alabama claims and other
matters in dispute between America and
Great Britain. The labors of the joint high
commission resulted in the treaty of Wash
ington, signed on May s, 1871, in Washnton,
d. C. He has received many honorable titles
and degrees from various colleges and sOcie-
ties. oxford university conferred upon him
the degree of ID. G. L. in 1876. He received
the title of LID. from Queens university,
Kingston, and ID. G. l.. from the uni
versity of Trinity college, Toronto. Hc
was created K G.. B. in 1857, G. c. B.
in 1884 and a knight of the grand cross
of the royal order OF Isabella Catolica (of
Spain) in 1872. He became a member of til g
privy council in 1879 and was as-unanimously
elected leader OF the Canadian liberal con-
servative opposition in November, 1881. Sir
John gave the government the benefit OF his
long and valuable experience in perfecting
many important measures. During the sum-
mer of 1880 he visited England in company
with the ministers of railways and agricul-
ture, where they arranged the contract for
the construction of the Canadian Pacific
railroad. He visited England again in
1854, and was recogized and honored as the
pioneer of imperial unity. He attented the
conference held in London at which the i'm
perial league was formed and moved the
appointment of a general committee to con-
duct its affairs. Sir John has been married
twice. His first wife was Isabella, daughter
of Alexander Clark, Esq, of Dalnavert, In
verness shire, Scotland, vino died an 1886.
He welded Susan Agnes. daughter OF
70. j. Barnard, member of her majesty
privy council of the island of JamaicaI
Sir John Thompson and the Orangemen.
TORONTO, Ont, June s--A quiet can
vass is being carried on among promin-
ent conservatives in this city with a
view of discovering how far the acces-
sion of Sir John Thompson to the party