The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-29
GLADSTONE RESTS IN
WESTMINSTER ABBEY
The Nation He So Faithfully Served Pays It's Tribute in an I'm
presstve Official Funeral Service. the First Since That Of
Palmerston-By the Side of Disraei.

London. May 2e.-In the northern
transept Of Westminster abbey. where
Engiand'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 served. His grave
is beside that Of his lifelong adver-
sary. Benjamin Disraeli, Lord Beacons-
field. whose marble effigy looks dow
upon 1t. decked with the regalia which
Gladstone had refused.
The possible future kings of Great
Britain walked beside the great COM
the state surrounded it, though the
wish OF the deceased had been for SIM
plicity. This official funeral. the first
since that of Lord Palmerston. was
rendered an imposing spectacle by the
magnihcence of the building in which
1t was solemnized. The comm rested on
an elevated bier. before the altar. its
plainness hidden beneath a pail of
white and gold, embroidered with the
text. "requiescat in pace"
Six tall candles burned beside and on
either side stood the supporters of the
pail. The Prince of Wales n the
Duke of York were at the head of tn
comm. and ranging behind them were
the Marquis of Salisbury. Earl of Kim
berly, A. J. Balfour, Sir William YER
non Harcourt, Lord R~oseberry and Mr..
Gladstone's two old friends, Baron
Rendell and George A. Mislead.
Within the chancel stood the Dea of
Westminster, n behind him were
gathered the cathedral clergy, the Arch
bishop 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 ons Herbert and Steph-
en-. and other mber of the family.
with Little Dorothy Drew, Mr.. Glad
stones favorite grandchild. The Prin-
cess Of Wales and the Duchess of York
occupied the leans pew opposite. In
the tiers Of temporary seats. north and
south transepts, were assembled the
members of the two houses of parlia-
ment, the mayors of the principal cit
les. delegates from liberal organizations
and representatives of other civic and
political organizations. while the long
nave was crowded with thousands of
men n 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 cluster of deeply Interested spec
tators. In all, $500 persons were as
sembled in the abbey. all clothed in the
deepest black, save a few officials.
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this somber 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 this MORN
ing. The bishop of London. the Rt.
Rev. Mandel Creighton, D. d., read a
brief prayer there, and at 1880 o'clock
the procession vas formed and slowly
passed through the great crowds and
along the short pathway, a distance of
300 yards, to the western entrance of the
abbey, between two banks of the Elton
volunteers. in their buff uniforms.
The procession moved in the follow
ing order: -Four heralds in court
dress, bearing the arms: the speaker,
Hon. William Court Gully; clerk and
officers of the house of commons, in
robes and wigs, carrying the mace in
their midst: the members of the house
of commons. marching four abreast.
and wearing frock coats and high hats.
with the solitary and conspicuous eX-
ception of John Burns. the b leader,
who wore his usual derby hat and short
coat; four heralds escorting half a
dozen privy councillors, not members of
parliament; more heralds, ushering the
officers of the house of lords; the lord
chancellors, in their robes, with a mace
bearer; 200 members of the house of
lords, attired like the members of the
house of commons, with the exception
of the bishops, who were robed.
Their came a group of members of
Mr.. Gladstone's last ministry, followed
by representatives of various royal
families and the foreign ambassadors,
including Colonel John Hay, the Unit
ed States ambassador. After them
came the Duke of Cambridge and the