The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-10-23
DIED WHILE PRAYING
ARCHBISHOP OF CANTER-
BURY PASSES AWAY.
Stricken at Hawarden-Died in a Few
Minutes-Was Occupying Gladstone's
Pew-A Brief Sketch of the Eminent
Prelate's Bright Career.

LONDON, Oct. l3.-1he Archbishop
Of Canterbury was seized with apo
plexy after the service commenced at
Hawarden church yesterday morning.
He was carried to the Hawarden rec
tory, where he died at 1880 O'Clock.
The Archbishop of Canterbury ar
rived at Hawarden on Saturday even
ing on his return from a visit in the
North of Ireland. He appeared then
to be In robust health and expressed
to Mrs. Gladstone his great gratifca-
ton over his Irish our. The weather
was bitterly cold and Mr.. Gladstone
did not attend the church, but at 10
o'clock the archbishop and Mrs. Ben
son, Henry Gladstone, Mrs. Gladstone,
Mrs. Drew and Dorothy Drew went
to the morning service. The whole
party occupied the Gladstone pew,
near the chancel.
Directly the service began,and while
the rector, Rev. Stephen Gladstone,
was reading the dissolution, Arch
bishop Benson, who was kneeling,
was seen to twitch in the arm for a
few moments, and he then collapsed
altogether.
Mrs. Gladstone conveyed the sad
news to her husband, who was greatly
shocked and distressed by it.. After
wards, remarking on the event, Mr..
Gladstone said: "He died like a SOL
der"
The official medical announcement
OF the deathlto the coroner stated it
was due to appoplexy. The medical
attendants concur in the opinion that
heart failure caused the death, but
ttst this was directly due to the
seizure
The nost Rev. Edward White Ben
son, D. D., archbishop of Canterbury,
primate of all England, and metro
politan, son of Edward White Benson,
Esq, of Birmingham, Heath and
formerly OF York, was born near
Birmingham in 1929. He was educated
at King Edwards school, Birmingham,
and at Trinity college, Cambridge. of
which he vas successfully scholar and
fellow, and where he graduated B. A.
IN 1852, as a first class in classical
hon ors, and senior chancellor's medal
list, obtaining also the place of a
senior optimc in the mathematical
trlpos. lie was graduated M. A. in
1853. l.. d. in 1862, and D. D.. in 1857, |
0 H.. Y. l.. (OXforu) in 1854. He
was for some years one of the masters
In Rugby school, and ne held the
misunderstanding Of Wellington college
from it's first opening in 1852 down to
1872.
He was at different times select
preacher to the University of Cam
bridge and to the University of Ok
ford, chaplain to the queen in 1878,
Ind chaplain in ordinary, 1867. In
December, 1876. he was nominated by
the crown. on the recommendation of |
the Earl of ~Beaconsfeld, to the newly
bishopric of Truro, and was
eonsecrated in ST. Paul's cathedral,
April 20. 1877. During his occupation
Of the see, he began the building of
, new cathedral at Truro, of which
The outward shell has cost over 91OO,-
200, much Of hat sum having been
gathered through the energy Of the
bishop. In December, 1889, DR.. Ben
son was appointed by the crown, on
MIR. Gladstone's Recommendation, to
the archbishopric of Canterbury, in
to DR.. Tair. DR.. Benson
had published various religious works.