The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-05-24
The Grand Old Man Passes
Away.
WAS A NOBLE STATESMAN
\ GREAT FORCE IN ENGLISH
POLITICS.
TO BE INFERRED WITH NATIONAL HONORS
Passes Quietly Away at Observation-Disclosures OF
Wales Voices the Universal Sympathy
In his Telegram 10 Mr..
Henry Gladstone.

In his Telegram 10 Mr..
Henry Gladstone.
Havarden. May 19.-Mr. Gladstone
lied at ; o'clock this morning. lie had
Lpon unconscious practically all day,
thonnh ut times he seemed TO recognize
r,l. \ moment some of the watchers
about him. Certainly he did recognize
his wife who was beside him all day eN-
,rpt when the physician prevailed upon
her to rest. She tenderly claSped her
Iu~hand's hand as she watched INN.
,~pparently he slept Il good deal; occ1-
~inually he uttered a few words IN IN
-4.ohcrent. dreamy way. words which
those who were watching were unabl"
-, catch. Their only consolation was
1har NE was not suffering pam. No mar
..ti,s were administered
Thouch Il national funeral will prob
.hlv he accepted by the family. there is
rfti. doubt that the remains Of Mr..
tl,l.rone will be laid to rest in the
,.a,aful grave yard ut HaWarden, adj
;.i,iuu the church.. where he was mar
,1.J more than half Il century ago. At
lI.0arteu the happiest portion of his life
.... ra~~pI. and it is truly Il retreat
Sweet enough for any lahorer.
1Haur four o'clock quick movements
.a.nr the corridors of the castle and
.Itmp~c~ a. people passing hurriedly to
and fro hrIore the lighted windows gave
,,i licences that the supreme could
uuI be- far off.
Naturally it was imnossibleto obtain
information rs all those in the castle
we're near the death chamber. At five
o'clock. the long watch ended, and the
final huIetin was brought out announcing
That Mr.. GLADSTONE had passed calmly
from one sleep to another.
e a.. m.-The following bulletin has
iI~t been posted:
In the natural course of things thu;
funeral will be ut Hawarden. Mr..
Gladstone expressed a strong wish to
have no flowers ut his funeral: and the
family will be grateful if this desire is
strictly respected"
DIR. Dobie says Mr.. Gladstone breathed
quietly all night and passed away quite
peacefully.
UNIVERSAL SYMPATHY.
London. May 19,-Every other topic
I'm Great Britain Yesterday dropped out
of sight before the passing of Mr.. Glad
Stone. In two places. perhaps. was the
trusion most keen and heartfelt-the
House of Commons and Hawardcn.
inst before the House rose yesterday.
a telegram from Mr.. Herbert Gladstone
reached Lord Stanley announcing that
his father was sinking. Already before
ms death the hush of grief seemed 10
fail over the scene Of his triumph.
1t was generally felt at st. Stephens
that his dying was but the sequel to that
great scene witnessed four years ago.
whcn. his last speech. spoken. he quit
ted the House without one word of
spoken adieu.
Anticipating the inevitable. the mem
hrrs Of the Government discussed tn"
appropriate procedure to be observed
and resolved that no effort on their part
should be wanting to mark Il suitable
sense of their loss.
DiSregarding recent precedence. it WAS
decided that the program III parliament
should he the same as that adopted IN
The cases of the Earl of Chatham and Of
the younger Pitt. namely al address 70
Her Majesty praying for Il funeral 1T
the public charge and Il monument erect
ed in Westminster Abbey.
Throughout the whole kingdom every
public gathering added its words Of deep
Grief to the volume of national mourn
ing clearly voiced in the telegram from
the Prince Of Wales to Mr.. Henry Glad
stone:
My thoughts are with You. our
mother and your family mt this tryin"
time You are experiencing. God grant
that your father do not suffer.
CSigned) "ALBERT EDWAHD.'
Abroad the evidences of sympathy
were almost as universal. NJ. Faurc,
President OF the French Republic. daily
inquired and has regularly received every
hullentin. The press Of Belgium, France,
Italy and Greece, in Il spontaneous out
burst recalled how many oppressed peo-
pies during Mr.. Gladstone's life have
oifcrcd hymns of praise for his interview
ton i'm their behalf; while III Madrid
even the prospect Of his death has caus-
ol Il twenty-four hours suspension Of
war animosity against England.
Not the least point in this tribue to
Mr.. Gladstone was its profound unani-
nifty.
HIS HEART VERY WEAK.
London, May 1S.-According to the de-
~rrIp1ion Of the illness given by DIR.
I'"hI", Mr.. Gladstone'S heart had been
weak aud liable to failure for the last
l,-H'''h months or two years. When, III
|I,I''nlh"r last he went to Scotland with
'' ,NrmiStead, he drove about and eX-
I''~'" himself 4 good deal, though he
was az that time eXperiencing the effec,
VS. weakened condition.. Subsequent
ne suffered considerable irritation in
i"'' ana head; and it was decided
- 81 'h'li&e of sleeping places. The
mango proved beneficial
htSe favorable chances led DR.
l)obIe To believe that Tho uea If c;rnIe
remedies applied to the nose aiaed bv
the genial and invigorating atmnsnhere
al Cannes, would do much 70 restora tho
nose and check to "A normal state
At this time Mr.. Gladstone h,d ,ban.
d"ncd his reading: but he was ,dyisa,
lo renew his old habits SO far rs nossiIla
and. accordingly, he read with murh on,
J"yment several Of Sir Walter Scott.s
works.
Mr.. Gladstone returned to England
greatly depressed because his hopes Of
What Cannes Would do for him wore 6is