The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-13
WHILE HE KNEELS.
ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY Is
STRICKEN BY DEATH.

L ~ AsAS 4Aoa - 09@4 . -
During the Sunday Morning Service at Ha-
warden Church. the EmInent Prelate ID
Suddenly Seized. and Expires in Short
whiie-Sks.eh of the Career of Per-
sonage-of More Luck Than Brains. But
With Brains Enough to Stand Good
Luck After He Once Got Used to It
How He Made His Way.
London, Oct 12-The arctsbfsh Of Car
terbury was seized with apopfexy after
the service commenced at Hawarden
church yesterday morning. He was car
ried to the Hawarden rectory, where he
died at 1870 O'Clock.
The Rev. Archbishop Farrar, dean of
Canterbury, received a telegram from
Stephen Gladstone, the rector of Ha-
warden church, stating that the arch
bishop of Canterbury passed away
peacefully nd suddenly 81 II 10 Q esocsx.
u s hsd stteGdsd the early communion
Des E'4rTs:. ia preaching IN I.tss cs t.ic-
d al las eYe1.ag, rs7e Trsd 10 lis 10: -
five Yeas Intimacy with the deceased
prelate.
The archbishop OF Canterbury arriv-
ed at Hawarden on Saturday everipg
on his return from a Visit TO the north
of Ireland. He appeared then 10 be in
robust health, and expressed to Mrs
Gladstone his great gratifica ton over his
irish tour. He arose early on Sunday
and attended the early communion with
his wife and others. The weather was
bitterly cold and Mrs. Gladstone did not
attend the church, but at 10 o'clock
the archbishop and Mrs. Gladstone,
Mrs. Drew and Dorothy Drew went to
the morning service. The whole party
occupied the Gladstone pew, near the
chancel.
THE ARCHBISHOP'S ATTACK.
Directly the service began, and while
the rector, Rev. Stephen Gladstone, was
reading the dissolution, Archbishop Ben
son, who was keeling, was seen to
twitch in the arm for a few minutes, and
he then collapsed altogether
Henry Gladstone, finding the archbish-
op had had a dangerous seizure, called
TO the clerk and others, who carried him
into the library adjoining the rectory.
Doctors were hastily summoned. The
for breath. Applications ether and
other means to induce artificial respira-
ton were resorted to. Mr. Gladstone,
the rector, who had left the church when
the archbishop was carried out, return
ed and announced the illness to the con-
gregation, VINO were awaiting in painful
suspense. He asked for their prayers
during the iitany. All efforts to rally
the distinguished patient proved vain,
and he died in a few minutes.
Henry Gladstone whispered the news
TO the rector, who announced the arch
bishops death, the news causing a Dro-
found sensation amongst the worshipers
IN the church. The hymn, Forever With
the Lord" was sung, and the dead
march was played, all present standing
and showing themselves 10 be deeply af-
fected.
LIKE A SOLDIER.
Mrs. Gladstone conveyed the sad news
TO her husband. who was greatly shock
ed and distressed by it, Afterward, re-
marking on the event, Mr. Gladstone
said: He died like a soldier
The official medical announcement of
the death to the coroner stated it was
due 10 apopleXy. TIE medical attendants
concur in the opinion that heart failure
caused the death, but that this was di-
rectly due to the seizure
Mrs. Benson was present at the time
OF her husbands death, and she after
ward went 10 Hawarden castle The
bells were tolled, and references were
made 10 the death of the primate of all
England in many of the churches in the
kingdom last night.
A NOTABLE CAREER.
The Most Rev. Edward White Ben
son, D. D., archbishop of Canterbury,
primate of all England, and metropoli-
tan, son of Edward White Benson, ESD,
Of Birmingham, Heath and formerly
Y DIRK, was born near Birmingham in |
1929
There Is no greater dottery than the
Church of England. One man, start
ing with all the advantages OF wealth |
and rank, never gets any of the prizes. |
man with no more brains than
the first, starting from nothing. with |
nothing, reaches a position of splendor |
second only to royalty. Hundreds of |
clergyman of the Church of England, /
gentlemen by birth, with excellent tall ]
ants and rare scholarship, starve all !
their life IN country curacies on $500 a
year or less.
Many of them never have $500 a year
clear to keep a wife and family on, and /
maintain a decent position in the edu- !
,ated class. But others meet with moth
ng but luck from start TO finish, and
arrive at honors which must astonish |
themselves. If they ever think OF what |
ihey have been and what they are DR.. |
Edward White Benson belonged dis |
tinctly to the latter division. He was |
al along one of the luckiest ones. He |
vas born in iS29, the son of a poor coun-
Try clergyman near Birmingham, and |
was educated at King Edwards school /
n that town. He never really had the /