Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-19
GRAND OLD Man GONE
William {. Gladstone Passes
Peacefully Away. "
ALL !. ENGLAND MouRNs
rho Venerable Statesman, Although Prac-
ticaily Uncos ST. rus. Seemed to Re- -
coEnize Men b RS OF His Family.
Sketch or His Career.
(By Telegraph,)

l
! liam L. Gladstone died at 5 o'clock this
morning. He had been unconscious
practically all day. though at times he
seemed to recognize for a moment
some of the walters about lam. Ger
! tainly he did recognize his wife. who
was beside him all day except when
! the physician prevailed upon her to
rest. She tenderly clasped her hus-
| bands hand as she watched him. APP
parentiy he slept a good deal He ut
| tered few words in a dreamy way
words which those who were watching
We're unable to catch. Their only con-
ISOLATION was that he was not in any
! actual pain.
| There is little doubt that the re-
mains of MIR. Gladstone will be rest at
| the peaceful graveyard at Hawarden
! adjoining the church where he was
| married more than half a century ago.
At Hawarden the happiest portion of
| his life was passed and it is truly u
sweet retreat for any laborer.
UNIVERSAL SYMPATHY. u.
| LONDON, May 19.-Every other top
| ic in Great Britain yesterday dropped
out of sight before the passing
OF Mr.. Gladstone. In two places, per-
haps. was the tension most keen and
most heartfelt-the House of Commons
and Hawarden. rHr
| Just before the House rose yester-
lday Il telegram from MIR. Herbert
Gladstone reached Lord Stanley an
| nouncing that his father was sinking.
| Already before his death the hush of
| grief seemed to fall over the scene OF
his triumphs. 1t was generally felt at
St. Stephens that his dying was but
the sequel to that great scene witness
ed four years ago, when. his last
| speech spoken, he quilted the House
without one word of spoken adieu.
! Anticipating the inevitable. the mem
| bers of the government discussed the
appropriate procedure to be observed
| and resolved that no effort on their
part 1r- -, a9 he wanting to mark u suit
able sense of theii> AS Disregardine
recent precedents, it was decided HIN
| the program In parliament should be
| the same as that adopted in the cases
of the Earl of Chatham and of the
| younger Pitt, namely an address to
| Her Majesty praying for a funeral at
the public charge and a monument
erected in the Westminster Abbey. 4
Throughout the whole Kingdom ev-
tsery public gathering added its words
fof deep grief to tie volume of national
mourning clearly voiced in the tele-
gram from the Prince Of Wales to Mr..
Henry Gladstone:
My thoughts are with you, your
| mother and your family at this trying
time YOU are experiencing. God grant
that your father does not suffer.
(Signed}
:. ALBERT EDWARD" +,
Abroad expressions of sympathy were
| almost as universal NJ Faure. pres
| ident of the French Republic. daily in
quired and has regularly received ev-
cry blletin. The press of Belgium.
France, Italy and Greece. in a sponta-
neous outburst, say how many people
have offered Mr.. Gladstone praise and
his prospective death has caused q
twenty-four hours suspension OF war
aniHnosity against England.
Not the least point in this tribute
to Mr.. Gladstone was it's profound
unanimity. f
SKETCH OF GLADSTONE.
The late Right Honorable William
EWart Gladstone. NJ. p, P. c.. is the
fourth son of the late Sir John Glad
stone, Bart, OF Fasque. county Kin
cardino, N. B.. we'll known merchant
CT Liverpool, and was born there, De-
cember 20, 1903. He was educated at
Elton and Christ Church, Oxford, OF
which ne was nominated student in
1923, and graduated, taking a double
first class. in Michaelmas term, 1881.
Having spent some time In a continent
tai tour, he was returned at the gem
eral election in December, 1882, in the
Conservative interest, for Newark,
and entered parliament just as the
struggle of parties was at its height.
On January 25, 1885, he entered Lin
COINS Inn. and when he had been
member for six years and three months
petitioned to have his name removed
from the books of the society, on the
ground of his having given up his in
tention of being called to the bar. In
the House of Commons. his mercantile
origin, the success of his university
career. his habits of business, and his
nigh character, recommended him to
the notice of Sir Robert Peel, who In
December 1884, appointed him to junior
ioroshlp OF the treasury, and in Febru-
airy, 1885, under-secretary for Colonial
Affairs. Mr. Gladstone retired from
AH nccf With his ministerial leader in
Sir Robert Peeis ef re III opposition s until
September, 1871. On accepting oW oi1.nn
under Sir Robert Peel, in 1s41, as vice
president OF the board of trade and
master of the mint, Mr.. Gladstone was
sworn member of the Privy Council
In his new position he had to explain
and defend in the lower house of parlia-
ment the commercial policy Of the
government, and in the discharge Of
his duty he had whatever advantage
his mercantile origin and connection
could give him. The revision Of the
tariff in 1912 was almost entirely the
result OF his energy and industry
When this laborious work was brought
before the House of Commons, it was
found to be as admirably executed In
its details as it was complete in It's
| mastery of general principles, and it
received the sanction Of both houses
with scarcely an alteration. In 1843,
Mr.. Gladstone succeeded the Earl of
Ripon as president of the board of
trade. but resigned that Office early in
1916. In January, 1876. Sir Robert
Peel announced his intention of pro-
posing a modification of the Corn laws
Mr.. Gladstone, who had succeeded
Lord Stanley 1.-THE late Earl of Derby
| in the post of secretary of state for the
colonies, adhered to the leader under
whom he had entered upon ministerial
life; but, possibly, unwilling to remain
under obligations to the late Duke of
Newcastle. who sympathized strongly
with the opposition party, resigned his
seat for Newark, and remained for
some time out of parliament. At the
lgeneral election in August, 1S47. he was
with the late Sir Robert Harry lnglis
Rejected for the University of Oxford.
u 49, - @P1 Ne