The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-19

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mourning clearly voiced in the telegram
from the Prince OF Wales to Mr.. Henry
Gladstone: ''My thoughts are with you,
your mother and your family at this try
ing time you are experiencing. God grant
that your father does not suffer.
(Signed) 'Albert Edward
At the banquet of the Home Counties
Liberal Federation last evening, Sir
William Vernon Hacrourt, Liberal leader
in the House of Commons instead of de-
livering an important party address only
uttered few words of grief and left the
room. The Duke of Devonshire, lord
president of the council of ministers,
speaking before the British Empire
League, referred touohingly to the
mournful scene at Hawarqen where "the
greatest of Englishmen is slowly passing
away"
In other places, Lord Mayor Horatio
Dawes, Lord George Hamilton, secretary
OF state for India; Sir Henry Campbell
Bannerman and many others in London,
as well as in Birmingham, Swansea,
Cardiff, Liyerpool, Edinburg and else
where. atlssall sorts of b gatherings,
politicians, divines, reformers and
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national and individual grief, while the
press without exception. published
columns OF details and columns of edi
to-ial comments.
1t was the topic of the hour in Great
Britain, but abroad the evidences of SYM
pathy have been almost as universal.
III. Faure. president of the French Re-
public, daily inquired and regularly re-
ceived every bulletin.
The nraEs Of Ra1riY1,,, F,opca Tta 1y
and Greece in spontaneous outburst re.
calls how many oppressed peoples during
Mr.. Gladstone's life have offered hymns
OF praise for his intervention in their be-
half; while in Madrid the prospect OF his
death caused twenty.four hours suspen-
sion Of war animosity against England.
Not the least point in this tribute to
Mr.. Gladstone has been its profound
| unanimity.
At midnight it was announced that
Mr.. Gladstone was still alive Since the
$40 bulletin stating that "Mr. Gladstone
has been much the same all day though
with some huctuation and that upon the
whole he was weaker than ne was this
morning." nothing had transpired to
change that bulletin story or to show the
approach of death save the fact that all
nourishment had been given artificiaily
The doctors did not think at midnight
that Mr.. Gladstone could outlast the
night; but they added that his Wonderf ul
power Of rallying which had more than
once surprised them. would make the
hour of his decease most uncertain.
He had been UNCONSCIOUS practically all
day though at times he seemed to recog-
nize for moment some of the watchers
about him. Certainly he did recognize
his wife, who was beside him all day ex.
cept when the physician prevailed upon
her to rest. She tenderly olasped her
l. = Je knv, e1n n4nhN
parently he slept good deal; and occa-
sionally he uttered a few words In an in
coherent dreamy way, words which those
who were watching were unable to catch.
Their only consolation was that he was
not suffering pain. No narcotics were
administered.
At a. m., it was learned Mr.. Glad
All the family had met in his room.
They included his frail and worn wife,
clasping the beloved hand, Helen Glad
stone, Herbert and Henry Gladstone, the
Rev. Stephen Gladstone. Mrs. Drew, Mrs.
Wickham, Mrs. Henry Gladstone. Mr..
Philip,or, a life long friend and on the
outer fringe of those near the dying man
stood almost as much affected, Drs.
Haborshon, Dovie and Bliss and two
faithful nurses.
The late Right Hon. William Ewart
Gladstone, NJ. P, P. c., is the fourth son
of the late Sir John Gladstone, Bart, of
Fasque county, Kincardino, N. B., a
we'll known merchant of Liverpool, and
was born there. December 30, 1909. He
was educated at Elton and ChrisU church,
Oxford, and graduated in 1881. He entered
parliament in 1882, and was appointed to
a junior lordship of the treasury in 1885.
The revision of the tariff in 1s42 was al
most entirely the result of his energy and
industry.
In 1913, Mr.. Gladstone succeeded the
Earl of Ripon as president Of the Board
of Trade, but resigned that office early in
1S45. SO
He left the Conservative party in 1861
and in 1852 was appointed to the chancel-
lorship of the exchequer. he held that
position in several cabinets. On the
resignation of Mr. Disraeli's ministry in
December. 1868, Mr.. Gladstone succeeded
that statesman as first lord of the treas
ury. In August, 1873, Immediately after
the close OF the session, the cabinet was
consider ably remodelled, Mr.. Gladstone
assuming the chancellorship of the treas.
ury.
In 1884 Gladstone announced the disso-
luton of parliament. AT the succeeding
election the Liberal party was defeated.
On January ID, 1875, three weeks before
the assembling of Parliament. Mr. Glad
stone announced in letter to Earl Gran
Vile, his determination to retire from the
leadership of the Liberal party.
Early in the same year, 1879 he had
been invited to become the Liberal candi-
date for Midlothian, and the browning
incident of the electoral campaign in the
ensuing parliamentary recess was his
vtcit to Cootlop6 couDactiOD with his