The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
.CANADA'S DEAD PREMIER
The Queen Places a Wreath
on Thompson's Bier Jour-
ney to London.
Bu Cnhle % nc united Preas.

LONDON, Dec 13, 1S94.-Father Lon
ginoto, Vicar of ST. Edwards Church in
Windsor. performed last evening a ser
vice for the dead over the body of Sir
John Thompson. Sir Charles Tupper,
the Master Of the Queens Household,
and most of the members of the House
hold, were present. The formality of an
inquest was dispensed with. The body
was placed in "a casket for removal to
London.
The funeral cortege left Windsor Cas-
tie at 12:3o today. The procession passed
through the Henry VIII. gate, where the
guard, which had been turned out, pres
ented arms Sir Charles .Tupper occu-
pied the carriage next to the hearse.
Following in carriages We're Sir Henry
Ponsonby, the Queens Private Secre
tary Lord Pelham Clinton, Groom-in-
Waiting; Dr. Reid, one of the Queens
Physicians-in Ordinary, and all of the
members of Her Majesty's Household
who could possibly be spared from the
castle. The Queen herself went to the
Clarence Tower and with her own hands
placed wreath upon the coffin.
After the body has been embalmed,
preparatory to it's being taken to Canada,
it will lie in the Lady Chapel of the
Palace of st. James, where it is pos
sible that funeral service will be held
tomorrow. By the Queens command the
procession from Windsor Castle to the
railway station was of a semi-State
character. the lid of the coffin, the
feathers belonging to which were placed
upon board yard square covered
with black cloth and surmounted with
black feathers, was carried in front of
a hearse. The curfew was rung by the
bell of the castle, and all the bells in the
town We're tolled.
Miss Thompson, daughter of the dead
Premier, arrived at Windsor Castle this
morning, and returned to London on the
train conveying her fathers body.
After informing Mrs. Sanford, whose
guest Sir John and Miss Thompson had
been since their arrivel, of Sir Johns
death, Lord Breadalbane conveyed the
sad news to Princess Louise, who was
a personal friend of Sir John Thompson
and his family while her husband, the
Marquis of Lorne, was Governor General
of the Dominion.
In an interview with a representative
of the United Press today, Lord Chief
Justice Russell said
II saw Sir John Thompson as recently
as December 8. He spoke of his health
as being somewhat impaired, but said
that his doctor had advised complete
rest which would insure his entire re-
covery. 1t was evident that Sir John
himself had confidence in the DOCTORS
advice and its ultimate benefit. He had
intended ITO dine with me on December
II, when he was to meet Baron de Cour-
Gel
II first met Sir John Thompson dur
ing the sitting of the Behring Sea Com
mission, and from the first was greatly
impressed with his broad good sense and
eminently judicial mind. He was rather
reticent, but of a genial and kindly ma
ture. | know that. the late Lord Han
nen shared my views with regard to
him. Leng before the business of the
commission was finished Lord Hannen
expressed the highest opinion of Sir
Johns ability, and frequently afterwards
spoke of the great value of his presence
with the commission"
Mr.. Charles Russell son of Lord Rus
sell, and a member of the firm of Day &
Russell, who were solicitors on behalf
of Great Britain before the Behring Sea
Arbitration Commission, said IN an in
terview today
IT saw Sir John Thompson on the
morning of December II, when we took
breakfast together at the Westminster
Palace Hotel. He seemed to be WE'LL
The Council of the Colonial Institute
have telegraphed Lord Aberdeen, Cow
ernor General of the Dominion of Cam
ada, a request to convey to the family
of the late Sir John Thompson and the
people of Canada generally. an expression
of their sympathy and coincidence.