The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-19
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Scene at His Deathbed-

London. May 10. s q m--Every othN
topic in Great Britain dropped out oe
sight before the passing Of Mr.. Glad
stone. In two places. perhaps. . Tia
tension most keen and heartfelt-ln the
house Of m And ut Hswardsn.
Just before the house rose yesterday
a telegram from Herbert Gladstons
reached Lord Stanley. announcing that
his father was sinking. Already before
his death the hush of grief seemed .
fall over the scene Of his triumphs. ana
from h present men urned TO the
past, recalling sayings III doinGn h
great lion lay dying. his old colleagues.
his one-time enemies and followerA
watching his last long night with his
last and implacabie foe. - thsy
watched In past days his fight against
foes with whom he had overcome True
to himself he was yielding slowly. met
by inch 1t was generally believed -
st. Stephens that Gladstone's dytn9
was but the sequel to that great sesos
witnessed Tour years ago when. his lsss
speech spoken. he quilted the hsuse
without one word Of spoken sdvtes.
Anticipating the i~nsvitsbss. IL Dsm-
bers OF h government discusses IL
appropriate procedure to be observed
and resolved that no effort - NAaiR
part should be wanting to mara . suit
able sense of their loss. Disregar6iAU
recent precedents. II was dec1Aod Tat
the programme In parliament ohoul0
be the same a. that adopted IN ~
cases of the Earl Of Chatham an1 Ct
the Younger Pitt. namely m addrsGD 70
her majesty praying for Q funeral ct ths
public charge and a monument erected
at Westminster abbey. 10
Throughout the whole Kingdom. every
public gathering added it, words of
grief to the volume OF national mourn
ing. clearly voiced in the telegram
from the Prince of Wales to Herbert
Gladstone: My thoughts are with you.
your mother and your family at the try
ing time you are experiencing. God
grant that your father does not suffer-"
At the banquet of the Home Coun-
ties Liberal Federation last evening.
Sir william Vernon Harcourt. liberal
leader In the house Of commons. In
stead OF delivering an important party
attack. only uttered a few words Of
grief and left the room. The duk OF
Devonshire. lord president OF b oun
ell OF ministers, speaking before the
British Empire League. referred touch-
ingly to the mournful scenes At Ha-
warden. where greatest Of E~nglishmen
vas slowly passing away"
In other places. Lord Horatio Davis.
state for India. Henry Campbell Ban
herman and many others in London.
as well as in Birmingham. Swansea.
Cardiff. Liverpool. Edinburgh and else
where, at all sorts of gatherings. poii.
ticians. divines. agitators. reformero
and women. Joined In the expression IL
and individual grief. while the
press. without exception. publishes
columns OF detail and columns OF edi.
torial comments.
Ii was the topic of the hour In Great
Britain. but abroad the evidences Of
sympathy are almost A. universal. NJ.
Faure. president Of the French republic,
daily inquired. and has regularly re-
ceived every bulletin. The pres Of
Belgium, France. Italy and Greece. In
spontaneous outburst. recalled how
many oppressed peoples during Mr..
Gladstone's life have offered hymns Of
praise for his Intervention in their he-
half. while in Madrid. even. the proc
pect Of his death has caused q sl-hours'
suspension of war animosity against
England. Not the least point in this
tribute to Mr.. Gladstone was its pro-
found unanimity.
Mr.. Gladstone a been unconscioue
all day. though at times he
to recognise for . moment soma
OF the watchers about him. Certainly
he did recognize his wife. who was be-
side him all day. except when the ply
stefan prevailed upon her to rest. She
tenderly clasped her husbands hand
as h watched him. Apparently he
slept a good deal; occasionally he ut
tered a few words in an ~incoherent,
dreamy way: words which those who
were watching were unable to catch.
Their only consolation was that he vas
not suffering pain. No narcotics were
administered
Although a national funeral will
probably be accepted by the family.
there is little doubt that the remains
Mr.. Gladstone will be laid to rest In
the peaceful graveyard 1t Hawarden
adjoining the church where he vas
more h half a century ago.
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