The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-29
GLADSTONELAID FOREST

WESTMINSTER ABBEY PACKED BY
THE NOBILITY OF ENGLAND
Twenty-Five Hundred MOurners
Witness Last Sad R1tes-FuneraI
an Imposing Spectacle-Rematn
of Gladstone and His Lifelong
Adversary, Lord BeacOnsfieId,
Now Rest Side by Side.
LONDON, May 28.-The body of the
late William Ewart Gladstone was laid
to rest today in the northern transept
of Westminster abbey, beside the grave
of his lifelong adversary, . Benjamin
Disraeli, Lord Beaconsfield.
Two possible future kings of Great
Britain walked beside the great COM
moner's coffin, and all the nobility and
learning of the state surrounded it.,
though the wish Of the deceased had
been for simplicity.
York were at the head of. the column,
and ranging behind them were the
Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of KIM
berley, A. J. Balfour. Sir William Yer
non Harcourt, the Duke of Rutland,
Lord Rosebery and Mr. Gladstone's
two old-time friends, Baron aRendel and
George Armistead.
Within the chancel stood the dean Of
Westminster and behind sehim were
gathered the cathedral clergy, the arch
bishop of Canterbury and the scarlet
and white surpliced choir filling the
chapel.
THE MoURNERs.
The mourners who sat- in the stalls
nearest to the bier were, Mrs. Glad
stone, her sons, Herbert and Stephen,
and other members of the family, with
little Dorothy Drew, Mr.. Gladstones
favorite grandchild The Princess Of
Wales and the Duchess of York occu-
pied the deans pew, opposite.
The chief officials had assembled in
Westminster hall at 10 o'clock yester-
day morning. The bishop of London.
the Rt. Rev. Mandell Creighton, D. D.,
read brief prayer there, and at 1890
o'clock the procession was formed.
The procession moved in the follow
ing order:
-Four heralds in court dress, bearing
the arms.
The speaker, the Rt Hon. William
Court Gully; clerks and officers of the
house of commons, in robes and wigs,
carrying the mace in their midst.
Four hundred members of the house
of commons, marching four abreast
and wearing frock coats and high hats,
with the solitary and cefspicuous ex-
ception 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. Ia
More heralds, ushering the officers of
the house of lords.
The lord chancellors in their robes,
with a mace bearer.
Two hundred members of the house
of lords attired like the members of
the house of commons with the excep-
ton OF the bishops, who We're robed.
Then came group of members of
Mr.. Gladstones last ministry, follow
ed by representatives of various royal
families, and the foreign ambassadors,
including Col. John Hay, the American
ambassador. After them came the Duke
of Cambridge and the Duke of Con-
Earl Of Pembroke, representing the
queen.
Then came the funeral car, plainly
draped with black, and drawn by two
horses, preceded by the earl marshal
of the kingdom, the Duke of Norfolk,
the supporters of the pail walking be-
side the car ~
After the car walked Stephen Glad
stone. the chief mourner. and the near
relatives and friends. as
The only sound that broke the ST.
lence while the cortege passed was a
broken voice, which shouted, God give
we rest, old man.
IN THE ABBEY.
Tn tho Y,ooonu,biIa
abbey bell had notified the waiting as
semblage within the edifice that the
procession was approaching. The
wierd, dismal strains of a quartette
OF trombones, playing Beethovens flu
neral hymn IN recess high above the
head OF the congregation, swept
through the recesses Of the abbey
When these finally died away, the great
organ took up Schubert's funeral
march, booming sonorously, and then
changed to Beethovens funeral march
with a clash of cymbals in the orches-
trail accompaniment.
A choir of 100 male singers, which
had awaited the coffin at the entrance
to the abbey, preceded it along the
nave, chanting Il Am the Resurrection
and the Life
PurcelPs funeral chant, Lord, Thou
Hast Been Our Refuge" was sung, and
the dean and the whole assemblage
sang Rock of Ages" and the while
the coffin was being borne along the
aisle to the grave, sang Mr.. Glad
stones favorite hymn, praise to the
Hottest in the Height"
Mrs. Gladstone, supported on the
arms of her sons, Herbert and Stephen,
and other members of the family, were
grouped about the grave.
The dean read the appointed SEN
tence committing the body to the
earth, and the archbishop of Canter-
bury pronounced the benediction.
Mrs. Gladstone stood bravely with
great composure throughout the serv-
ice. IsaIt
Memorial services in honor of Mr..
Gladstone were held today all over
England.
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