The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-01-22
THE WORLD MOURNS.
THREE EMINENT MEN STRICKEN
BY DEATH.

The Duke of Clarence, Cardinals Man
ming and Simeoni Die Almost Stimuli
taneousIy.
LONDON, Jan. 15.The Duke of Clarence
died at 9:15 a. m. yesterday. There had
been marked improvement during the
early part of the night but the dukes
strength suddenly failed at about 2
o'clock in the morning, and he gradually
sunk until he died.
The bells in St Paul's are never tolled
save on the occasion of the death of an
heir to the throne, and therefore no fur
ther information was necessary for the
people of London to make them aware
that after gallant struggle, the duke
had finally succumbeG.
Her majesty is Frustrated by the blow
that has fallen upon her by the death of
her grandson and did not feel equal to the
task of accompanying the Duke of Con-
naught. She still remains at Osborne
house.
Coupled with the sad death of the young
prince is the thought that the bells which
are soon to toll for his funeral were to
have rung out merrily, little more than Il
month from now, upon the occasion of his
marriage to broken-hearted Princess May
The official account says that Rev
Frederick A. j. Hervey, domestic chap
lain to the Prince of Wales, read the
prayers for the dying In the room were
assembled the Prince and Princess of
Wales, Prince George, the Duke and
Duchess of Fife, the Princesses Victoria
and Maude, sisters of the dying duke; the
Prince and Princess of Teck and the Prin-
cess May, the dukes betrothed. Along
with these were three physicians and three
nurses. The official account gives no
description of the dying son.
From all parts of the civilized world,
telegraphic messages of coincidence are
pouring in upon the royal family. All the
sovereigns of Europe have sent such mes
sages, and have postponed their immediate
public engagements out of respect to the
late duke and his relatives. The Prince of
Wales, had it not been for the death of his
son, was to have gone on Monday next on
a visit to the Earl of Lonsdale at Lowther
castle, Westmoreland. This visit Of
course has been postponed
Cardinal Manning.
LoNEoE, jam 4,.-- Cardinal Henry FL. /
ward Manning died Thursday morning.
He kept his strength until near the close
of his life Late Wednesday night he re-
huStu W Odht buc lllculClu6 OllcEcu ullll,
saying he did not feel the need of it, and |
would take it tomorrow" if necessary. |
He conversed in strong voice with those !
around him, as late as 2 o'clock in the |
Shortly after that hour, how
ever, the final change was evident.
The cardinal left an autobiography, |
which he had dictated to an amanuensis |
during the leisure periods of the last few |
years. One section of it deals in an inter-
esting way with the period of his conver-
sion to the Catholic faith 1t is awaited |
with curiosity by many who wish to COM
pare it with the famous Apologize Pro Vita
Sua of Cardinal Newman. The cardinals
will makes no reference to funeral arrange
ments
AS the body of the dead prelate reposes,
the feet are surrounded with wreaths of
white flowers The hands, crossed on the
breast, grasp Rosary The archbishop's
gold cross hangs upon his neck, and an
ivory cross rests against the chin. Mourn
ing candles surround the bier The car
1inal's face is pallid, but wears natural
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