The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-08
DEATH OF SIR JOHN.
Passed Awny Saturday NIght-scenes d
the Denthbed.

OTTAWA, Or, June 7.-Sir John Mac
Donald is dead. He breathed his last
at 1915 p. IN. Saturday. A nation is to-
night mourning its greatest statesman,
and great party is in grief for the loss
Of beloved leader. Toward that sick
chamber at EarnsclifFe public thought
has been directed for the past ten days,
and the sympathy Of the nation has
gone out in greater degree as the picture
presented grew darker and more pa
thetic. From all parts Of the Dominion
and from the sovereign herself came
tender messages OF coincidence, and
anxious inqniries us to the aged states.
mans conditions. To all Of these in.
quiries but one answer could be given,
the end might be delayed, but was IN
evitable.
Tho beginning of the end came early
Friday morning. The premier had
slept the greater part Of the night and
throughout the day he slept at intervals.
The afternoon bulletin from the physi.
clans Mt the bedside announced that the
premier's strength was rapidly dimin;
ishing, and then all hope tled. AS the
afternoon slowly waned profound still
ness reigned at Earnsclitfe. The sceiie
at Earnsclitfe after nightfall was impress
siYe in its sQlempitY, Un. 70 midnisht
anxious groops gathered upon the lawn
and spoke in whispers OF the dying pas
TENTS condition.
At9o'clock Sir Johns heart failed u
its work and he sank so low that fof
some time he seemed to have ceased 70
live. lie rallied feeblv and fought his
way back to tho weakest hold on LIE z
man could have. His stupendous vital
ity was making a grand struggle. Many
members OF Parliament came 10 Earne-
cliffe during the early evening 10 learn
personally the patients condition. The
GoyernoI- General, with an aide do
camp, walked over to make his last
nightly visit.
At midnight the callers had all de-
parted, and the correspondents were
left to watch the night out alone. The
hours wore slowly on. The light OF q
new day brought with it nothing to rei
lieye the anxious suspense. There was
no change in the patients conditionj
he was unconscious. His limbs were
numb and there was nothing to mark
that life was not extinct, save the feeble
autterings of the pulse and the almost
imperceptible breathing. The family
had been gathered about the bedside al
night. Lady Macdonald, almost worn
out by her long vigil, was there, and
the premier's son, Hugh John Mac
Donald, had kept his place at his fathers
side.
The scenes of the morning and the
afternoon we're but counterparts OF yes
to-day. At 2 o'clock the physiciane
concurred in the opinion that the pre-.
mier would not live until 0 o'clock, and
again did they err. The dying premier
had been perfectly unconscious for
nearly thirty hours and still the spark
of life fingered on.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS.
Ottawa is the city of mourning to-day.
Everywhere are seen signs Of the gem
cral sorrow felt at the loss the nation
has sustained in the death OF Sir John
Macdonald, one of her greatest sons.
Flags are flying at half mast from the
parliament and other public buildings,
and also many private houses, someot
which are draped with Grape. The
United States flag is floating at half
mast over the United States consulate.
The remains Of the dead leader were
embalmed this morning. The em.
balmers say Sir Johns body was less
emaciated than was generally supposed.
The casket in which the remains will
be inferred was made in West Meridian,
Conn. 1t is OF rolled steel and IS
painted q beautiful rose color. The
massive handles consist oil solid bars
of oxidized 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
outside Of the casket is mlde Of solid
oak and also displays heavy silver han
Glts, The inscription on the silver
plate has not yet been engrossed.
THE PROGRAMME.
The official programme Of the funeral
arrangements is as follows: Thebody
will be privately moved from Earns
cliffe to the Parliament buildings and
will lie in state there from 10 O'clock
Tuesday morning 70 the hour OF
the funeral. Ihe state funeral
will leave the parliament build
ing ut p. M, Wednesday for Saint Al
bans Church, and thence to the Cana
dian Pacific Railway slation, whence
the body will be conveyed to kineslon
The body will lie in state q The City
Hall, Kingston, until Thursday noon
when the interment will take place.
Az this witinp the OoyafnmAflt hnn
not sent for any Of Sir Johns colleagues
to form q ministry. Queen Victoria to-
day cabled from Balmoral, TO the gov
ernment, that she was deeply panied to
learn OF Sir Johns death, which she re-
garded rs q great loss to Canada and
the sovereign. Her Majesty extended
her heartfelt sympathy to Lady Mac
Donald in her bereavement.
Tho London Cab Strike.
LONDON, June None Of the omni-
buses of the general company or OF the