The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-29
LBS N WESTMINSTER
Gladstone Is Buried Among
the Makers of England.
IN HIS FUNERAL TRAIN
Walk Princes of the Blood
Impressive Ceremonies.
IN HIS FUNERAL TRAIN

nation he had served and of the church
ne had loved.
His grave is beside that Of his lifelong
adversary, Benjamin DisraeA Oord Bea-
conshe!d). whose marble effigy looks down
upon it decl1ed with the regalia which
! Gladstone had refused. Two possible fu-
ture kings of Great Britain walked beside
the great commoners coffin and all the
nobility and learning OF the state sur
rounded it. though the wish OF the de-
! ceased had been for simplicity.
This official funeral. the first since Shat
! of Lord Pamerstone. was rendered an
/ imposing spectacle by the magnifcence
/ of the building in which 1t was solemn
| lied. The coffin rested on an elevated
bier, before the altar, its plaInness hid
den beneath pail Of white and gold, en-
! broidered with the text "ReQuiesca& in
! Peace"
! Six tall candles burned beside II and
on either side stood the supporters Of the
pail. The Prince OF Wales and the Duke
| OF York were at the head of the coffin,
and ranging behind them were the Mar
| quis of Salisbury. Earl Of Kimberly, A
J. Baifour Sir William Vernon Harcourt.
Lord Roseberry and Mr.. Gladstone's two
! old-uime friends, Baron Rendel and
George Arm1st cad.
Within the chancel stood the dean Of
Westminster and behind him were gath
cred ths cathedral clergy. the Archbishop
OF Canterbury. and the scarlet-and-whlte-
supplied choir, filing the APPEL.
The mourners who sat in The stan near
est to the bier were Mrs. Gladstone her
sons Herbert and Stephen and other mem
bers OF the family. with little Dorothy
Drew, Mr.. Gladstones favorite grand
child.
The Princess of Wales and the Duchess
of York occupied the deans pew. oppo-
site.
In tiers Of temporary seats in the north
and south transepts were assembled the
members of the two houses of parliament,
the mayors of the principal cities. dele
gates from liberal organizations. and rep
resentatives of other civic and political
organizations while the long nave was
crowded with thousands of men and
women, among them being most of the
celebrities in branches Of English life,
and every gallery, balcony and niche high
up among the rafters held a cluster of
deeply interested spectators. In all, 25OO0
persons were assembled in the abbey, all
clothed in the deepest black. save a few
officials whose regatta cleaned brilliantly
from this somibre background. Thousands
thronged the square outside in order to
witness the passage Of the funeral pro-
cession from Westminster Hall.
A double line of 500 policemen kept an
open passage for the funeral cortege.
The chief officials had assembled in
Westminster Hall at 10 O'Clock in the
morning. The Bishop of London, the
Ri. Rev. Mandel Creighton, D. D., read
brief prayer there, and at 1880 O'Clock
the procession was formed and slowly
passed through the great crowds and
along the short pathway, distance of
800 yards, to the western entrance of the
abbey, between two ranks of the Elton
volunteers in their Duff uniforms.
The procession moved in the following
order:
Four heralds IN court dress. bearing
the arms.
The speaker. Hon. William Court Gully:
clerks and officers of the house of COM
mons. in robes and wigs, carrying the
mace in their midst.
-Four hundred members Of the house OF
commons. marching four abreast and
wearing frock coats and high hats with
the solitary and conspicuous exception OF
John Burns. the labor leader, who wore
his usual derby hat and short coat
Four heralds asserting half a dozen
privy councillors not members of parlla-
ment
More heralds usheHng the officers of
the house of lords
The lord chancellors IN their robes. with
a mace-bearer.
Two hundred members Of the house Of
lords. attred Ike the members OF the
house OF commons. with The exception Of
the bishops. who were robcd.
Then came a group oc members of Mr..
Gladstone's last ministry. followed by rep
resentatives of various royal families and
the foreign am'barradors, including Colo
mel John Hay. the United States ambassa-
dor.
After them came the Duke Of Cam
bridge and the Duke Of Connaught. and
the Earl Of Pembroke. representing the
queen
Then came the funeral car, plainly
draped with black and drawn by two
horses, preceded by the earl marshal. the
Duke Of Norfolk. che supporters OF the
pail walking beside the car
After the car walked Stephen Gladstone.
the chief mourner. and the near relatives
and friends,
The only sound that broke rfe silence
while the cortege passed was a broken
voice which shouted: God give We rest.
old man
In the meanwhile. the tolHng Of the
abbey bell had notified the waiting assam
blage within the edidce that the process
sion was approaching. The wierd. dis
mai strains OF 4 quartette q trouboaes
playing Beethoven's Funeral Hymn in
a recess high above the heads OF the con-
gregaion. swept through me recesses
OF the abbey. When these finally died
away, the great organ took up Schuberr's
Funeral March" booming sonorouslv.
and then changed 20 BeetAovens Funeral
March," with = clash OF cymbals n the
orchestral accompaniment,
\ choir OF one hundred male singers,
which had awaited the coffin at the en-
trance 70 the abbey. preceded Il along The
nave, chanting. y am the Resurrection
and the Life"
When she coffin was lad on the bier.
PurceTs funeral chant. Lord. Thou
Hast Seen ur Refuge was sung. and the
dean a. dane whole assen5'ace sang
Rock OF Ages and then. while the coz
IN was being borne along ,he aisle 80 the