The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-29
Funeral of the Eminent Statesman
Marked by Impressiveness and
Solemn Magnifcence.
$500 IN THE HISTORIC ABBEY
AND THOUSANDS OF SORROWING
SIGHTSEERS ON THE OUTSIDE.
Two Possible Future Kings Among
the PaIIbearers-The Remains En-
tOmbed Alongside Disraelis.

LONDON. May 2S.-In the northern tran
sept of Westminster Abbey. where Eng
lands greatest dead rest, the body of the
late William Ewart Gladstone was en-
tombed to-day with the ceremonies of the
nation which he had served and of the
church he loved. His grave is beside that of
his lifelong adversary, Benjamin Disraell
Oord Beaconsfeld), whose marble ethgy
looks down upon it, decked with the regalla
which Gladstone had refused. Two possible
future Kings of Great Britain walked be-
side the great commoner's coffin ana all
the nobility and learning of the state sur
rounded it, though the wish of the deceased
had been for simplicity.
This official funeral, the first since that
of Lord Palmerston, was rendered an I'M
posing spectacle by the magnificence OF the
building in which it was solemnized. The
coffin rested on an elevated bier before the
altar. its painness hidden beneath pail
of white and gold. embroidered with the
text, "Requiescat in Pace" Six tall can
dies burned beside it. 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 Marquis of Salisbury. the
Earl of Kimberly, A. J. Balfour, Sir Will
liam Vernon Harcourt, the Duke Of Rutland.
Lord Rosebory and Mr.. Gladstone's two old
time friends. Baron Rendel and George Ar
instead. Within the chancel stood the dean
of Westminster and behind him were gath
cred the cathedral clergy, the archbishop
OF Canterbury and the scarlet and white
surplice choir. filling the chapel.
The mourners, who sat in the stalls 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.. Gladstone's favorite grandchild
The Princess of Wales and the Duchess of
Nork occupied the deans, opposite. In tiers
OF temporary seats in the north and south
transepts were assembled the members of
the two houses of Parliament. the mayors
Of principal cities, delegations from Liberal
organizations and representatives 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 all branches of English
life and every gallery and niche above the
banister held a cluster of deeply interested
spectators. In all $500 persons were as
kembed in the abbey, all clothed in the
deepest black. save a few officials. whose
regalia cleaned brilliantly from this SOM
bre background. Thousands thronged the
square outside in order to witness the pas
sage of the funeral procession from West
minister Hall. double line of five hundred
policemen kept an open passage for the
funeral cortege.
The chief divines assembled in Westmins-
ter Hall at 10 o'clock this morning. The
Bishop of London, the Rt. Rev. Mandell
Creighton. offered brief prayer. Then, at
1879 o'clock, the procession was formed and
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crowds and along short hallway, dis
tance of three hundred yards, to the west
ern entrance of the abbey, between two
ranks of the Eton Volunteers, in their buff
uniforms. The procession moved in the fol-
lowing order:
-Four heralds in court dress, bearing the
arms
The speaker. Rt 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 ana
wearing frock coats and high hats, with fpe
solitary and conspicuous exception q a4Is