Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-08
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 Freight Trains. BUDGET OF NEWS NOTES FROM PARIS A New York Minister Fired
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BUDGET OF NEWS NOTES FROM PARIS
CANADA,S PREMIER DEAD.

Death Comes to Sir John Macdonald Almost in Accordance With His Desire-Ottawa in Mourning-Com-
 ment of London Papers on His
 Death-The Funeral Arrangements.
 OTTAWA, Ont, June 7.-At 1915 Satur- day death came to the aged premier almost in accordance with his desire. He ire quently expressed wish to die like Chat ham, who fell in an apopletic fit in the house of lords on April 7, IT'S, at the con- clusion of a great speech on motion to &C., knowledge the independence of the United States, and was borne home to die few weeks afterwards.
 Ottawa is the city of mourning to-day. Everywhere are seen signs of the general sorrow felt at the loss the nation has sus- tained in the death of Sir John MacDon- aid. one of her greatest sons. Flags are flying at halfmast from the parliament and other public buildings and many pri- vate houses. The United States flag is floating at half-mast over the consulate. The remains of the dead leader were em- balmed this morning. The embalmer says Sir Johns body is less emaciated than was generally supposed. The case to the cas- hct III WulCu Ullo T0ud1uS WILL De 1uC6TT6Q was made in West Meriden, Conn. It is of rolled steel and is painted beautiful rose color. The massive handles are solid bars of oxydized silver and extend along both sides of the coffin. On the lid are three large silver figures emble- matic of the flight of time. The casket it. self is of solid oak, and is lined with heavy white silk The inscription on the silver plate is not yet engrossed. The official program of the funeral arrange ments is as follows: The body will be privately moved from Earnscliffe to the parliament buildings and will lie in state there from Tuesday morning till the hour of the funeral. The state funeral will Wednesday for St. Alban's church, and thence to the Canadian Pacific station whence the body will be conveyed to Kingston. The body will lie in state at the city hall, Kingston, until Thursday noon, when the interment will take place.
 Deep sympathy is expressed for Lady Macdonald, and messages of condolence are pouring in from every quarter of the globe. In every church in the city to day lengthy references were made to the de- ceased statesman. Arrangements have been made to fire minute guns here and in every city in Canada on Wednesday after II. The ex-cabinet ministers met this after noon when Sir John Thompson arrived from Montreal, whither he had gone to visit his little daughter, who is seriously i'll. It was decided to give the premier @ state funeral. Lady Mcdonald, on being communicated with, gave her consent to this arrangement. The .governor-general has not yet sent for any of Sir Johns col leagues to form a ministry.
 Queen Victoria to-day cabled from Bal moral to the governor-general that she was which she regarded as great loss to Can ada and the sovereign. Her majesty ex- tended her heartfelt sympathy to Lady Macdonald in her bereavement. Sir Charles Tupper also cabled a message of sympathy from Vienna Other dispatches have also been received from Lord Sails in England. All the lieutenant governors their condolences.
 LONDON, June S.-All the newspapers speak in eulogistic terms of the late Sir John MacD onald and express the deepest regret at his death. The Daily News says his death is loss to the whole empire. If he was not exactly a great man he did great things. He contrived to postpone some of the most searching questions of colonial policy, therefore his death is like ly to produce far-reaching changes.
 LONDON, June 7.-The Times says: The Canadian Pacific railroad will be his en- during monument. From his death we must date new period of doubt and dan ger, during which his successors must de- pend upon the intrinsic work of the ideas he bequeAthed.