The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-06-02
Remains of Gladstone Laid at
Rest IN Westminster
Abbey.
Possible Future Kings, Lords and
Statesmen Unite to Do Him
Honor.
Ut Was the First Official Funeral
Held Since That of Lord
PalmerStOn.

-England's greatest dead rest, the body
sof the late William Ewart Gladstone
was entombed with the ceremonies OF
the nation he had served and of the
schurch he had loved.
: His grave is beside that of his life
long adversary, Benjamin D:sraeli
dLord Beaconsfeld) whose marble eff.
-fgy looks down upon it, decked with
the regalia which Gladstone had re-
fused. Two possible future kings of
Great Britain walked beside the great
-commoner's coffin, and all the nobility
-and learning of the state surrounded it.,
though the wish of the deceased had
been for simplicity.
This Official funeral, the first since
that of Lord Palmerston, was rendered
IAN imposing spectacle by the magnifi-
~cence of the building in which it was
zsolemnized. The coffin rested on an
!. elevated bier, before the altar, its
plainness hidden beneath a pail of
white and gold embroidered with the
ztexG t'Requiescat in Pace"
Six tall candles burned beside it, and
con either side, stood the supporters of
dhe pail The Prince of Wales and the
Duke of York were at the head of the
coffin, and ranging behind them were
dhe Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of
Kimberley, A. j. Balfour, Sir William
Vernon Harcourt, the duke of Rutland,
Lord Rosebery and Mr.. Gladstone's
two old time friends, Baron Rendel
and George Armistead.
Within the chancel stood the dean of
( Westminster and behind him were
> gathered the cathedral clergy, the
archbishop Of Canterbury and the scar.
aet and white surpliced choir fling the
chapel.
The mourners who sat in the stalls
nearest to the bier were Mrs. Glad.
sstone, her sons Herbert and Stephen,
land other members of the family, with
little Dorothy Drew, Mr.. Gladstone
favorite grandchild. The Princess Of
Wales and the Duchess of York occu.
pied the deans pew, opposite.
The nave of the church was filed to
~overfowing, and thousands thronged
zthe square outside in order to witness
nhe passage of the funeral procession
from Westminster hall
The procession moved in the follow
ing order:
Four heralds in court dress, bearing
the arms.
4 The speaker, the Ri. Hon. William
. Court Gully; clerks and officers of the
house of commons, in robes and wigs,
carrying the mace in their midst.
Four hundred mem bers of the house
of commons, marching four abreast
and wearing frock coats and high hats
~
4ception of Mr.. John Burns, the labor
leader, who wore his usual derby hat
and short coat.
Four heralds escorting half dozen
privy councillors, not members of par.
lament.
More heralds, ushering the officers of
vfhe house of lords.
The lord chancellors in their robes,
with mace bearer.
Two hundred members of the house
of lords, attired like the house of com.
mons with the exception of the bishops,
who were robed.
Then came group of members of
Mr.. Gladstone's last ministry, followed
zby representatives Of various royal FAM
lilies, and the foreign ambassadors, in
.cluding Colonel John Hay, the Amer
lean ambassador. After them came
the Duke of Cambridge and the Duk Q
~of Connaught, escorted by equerrles
and the Earl of Pembroke, represent
ing the queen.
Then came the funeral car, plainly
<draped with black and drawn by the
| two horses, preceded by the earl mar
.shal of the kingdom, the Duke of Nor
folk, the supporters Of the pail walking
beside the car.
After the car walked Stephen Glad
sstone. the chief mourner, aud the near
relatives and friends.
In the meanwhile, the tolling of the
abbey bell had notified the waiting as
sem lage within the edifice that the
procession was approaching. The
weird, dismal strains of a quar-
Hette of rombones, playing Bee
thoven's funeral hymn in recess
high above the head of the congrega-
4ion. swept through the recesses Of the
abbey. When these finally died away,
the great organ took up Schubert's
funeral march. booming generously,
! and then changed to Beethoven's fu-
neral march with q clash Of symbals
in the orchestral accompaniment.
Al choir Of 100 male singsrs, which
had awaited the coffin at the entrance
- the abbey, preceded it along the
nave. chanting 81 am the Resurrection
and the Life.
when the coffin was laid on the bier,
Pnrcelvs funeral chant: Lord, Thou
Hat Been Our Refuge, was sung, and
tbe dean and the whole assemblage
.ranr ..Rock Of Ages. and then while
,fhe coffin was being borne along the
,.iale "a !. the grave. sang MI. Glad
.atone's fevorite hymn. ssPraise to the
Holiest in the Height.
The dean read the appointed sen.
4ence committing the body % earth
s ana the archbishop Of Canterbury pro
nounced the benediction.
Memorial services II honor Of Mr..
12ladseone Wese held ~ oysr England.