The San Francisco call., 1898-05-29
AT FINAt REST
 IN THE ABBEY Remains of Gladstone Laid in Westminster. BESIDE BENJAMIN DISRAELl PRINCE OF WALES AMONG THE
 FALL BEARERS. Simple but Impressive Funeral Serv- ices Attended by the Mourning
 English of All Ranks
 and Classes.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

LONDON, May 2S.-In the northern transept of Westminster Abbey, where England's greatest dead rest, the body of the late William Ewart Gladstone was entombed to-day with the cere- monies of the nation he had served and of the church he had loved His grave is beside that of his life long adversary, Benjamin Disraei Nord Beasonsfield), whose marble effigy looks down upon 1t decked with the regalia which Glad stone had refused. The possible future Kings of Great Britain walked beside and learning of the state surrounded the bier. though the wish of the de- ceased had been for simplicity.
 Six tall candles burned beside the bier, and on either side stood the sup porters of the pail. The Prince of Wales and the Duke of York were at the head of the coffin, and ranging be- hind them were the Marquis of Sails bury, Earl of Kimberly, A. J. Balfour, Sir William Vernon Harcourt, Lord Rosebery and Mir. Gladstone's two old time friends, Baron Rendel and George Armistead.
 Within the chancel stood the Dean of w dIld DCIilIlQ uiIl WclC gathered the cathedral clergy, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the scarlet and white surpliced choir filling the chapel. The mourners who sat in the stalls nearest to the bier were Mrs. Gladstone. her sons Herbert and Ste phen, and other members of the fam fly, with little Dorothy Drew, MT. Glad stones favorite grandchild The Prin- cess of Wales and the Duchess of York ONaIInin6 the 6pan'C
 In tiers of temporary seats in the north and south transepts were assem- bled the members of the two houses of Parliament, the Mayors of the princi- pal cities, delegates from Liberal or ganizations, and representatives of ether civic and political organiza- tions, while the long nave was crowded with thousands of men and women, among them being most of the celebrities in all branches of English life. Every gallery, balcony and niche high up among the rafters held a clus- ter of deeply interested spectators. In all. 2500 persons were assembled in the Abbey, all clothed in the deepest black, save a few officials, whose regalia gleamed brilliantly from this somber background. Thousands thronged the square outside in order to witness the passage of the funeral procession from Westminster Hall. A double line of 300 policemen kept an open passage for the funeral cortege.
 The chief officials had assembled in Westminster Hall at 10 o'clock this morning. The Bishop of London. the Right Reverend Mandel Creighton, DID,, read a brief prayer there, and at 10:30 o'clock the procession was formed and slowly passed through the great crowd, a distance of 300 yards, to the western entrance of the Abbey, be- tween two ranks of the Eton Volun- teers in their buffon uniforms.
 The dean read the appointed sentence committing the body to the earth and the Archbishop of Canterbury pro- nounced the benediction. Mrs. Glad stone stood bravely with great com posture throughout the service. Her face was lifted upward and her lips were moving as though repeating the lines of the service. She also kept standing during the only official fea- lures of the service, The proclamation by Garter of the style of the deceased, as the official programme had it. Gar ter enumerated the various offices which MT. Gladstone had held in his life from the beginning. The organ then played "The Dead March in Saul"
 Finally the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York and other pallbearers shook hands with Mrs. Gladstone, the mourn CTS filed past the grave, taking a last view of the coffin, and when they had been escorted down the nave to the entrance the people slowly departed
 Memorial services in honor of MT. Gladstone were held to-day all over Great Britain.