Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-24
DEATH OF SALISBURY
Last Great Statesman of Vic
torian Era.
FOUR TIMES PREMIER
BURIAL WILL BE AT HATFIELD
HOUSE.
He Did Not Wish to Rest in Westmin-
ster Abbey-Succeeded by
His Son.
FOUR TIMES PREMIER

The Marquis of Salisbury the last of the
great British statesmen Of the Victorian
era. and four times premier, died Saturday
| night at the ancient seat of his family,
! Hatfield House. He was seventy-three
years old. During the preceding forty
eight hours the end was seen to be inevita-
BILE. his great frame being sustained only
by the constant use OF oxygen. He died
with his family about him.
Hatfield Village.
The village of Hatfield, which still re-
| tains many features of the feudal PERIOD
| was filed with anxious residents awaiting
| the news of Lord Salisbury's demise. The
great Hatfield house. hidden behind screen
| Of pine trees, was lighted at every window
| and gave no sign of the approaching fatal
ity. Groups of watchers clustered under
| the Elizabethan arches of the lodge gates,
| anxiously questioning each latest passer
| from the house.
Finally the news came when a hatless
servant dashed down the graveled road
| way, saying as he passed. HE has gone"
| and then disappeared in the church Soon
afterward the bell from the tower above
tolled slowly. and the villagers at the street
| corners uncovered in acknowledgment Of
| the passing of their neighbor and friend,
England's great statesman.
VlscOunt CranbOrne. who now assumes
| the title of Marquis of Salisbury, immedi-
ately notified King Edward and Queen
| Alexandra, the Prince and Princess Of
| Wales and others, including Lord Edward
| Cecil. the soldier son of Lord Salisbury,
| who is now in Egypt, and who was the
| only child of the marquis absent from the
deathbed. Soon messages of coincidence be-
gan coming in. and the little telegraph Of
| flee at Hatfield was swamped with unprece-
| dented business.
The New Marquis.
The elevation of Lord Cranborne to the
| house of lords creates a vacancy in the
| house of commons from the Rochester dis
| trict, and probably will cause the selection
| of new under secretary for foreign af
| fairs The ex-premier, though retired from
political life. was an important figure in
| many public ways. He was a warden of
| the cinque ports. high steward Of West
| minister and chancellor of Oxford Univer-
| sity. His death places an Order of Knight
| hood of the Garter at the disposal of King
| Edward.
1t is understood that Lord Salisbury re-
Gently expressed wish to be buried beside
| his wife at Hatfield. A proposal will un-
! doubtedly be made to bury him in West
minister Abbey. but this will be declined by
the relatives in accordance with his wishes.
The Kings Tribute.
King Edwards tribute to the deceased
Marquis of Salisbury is given In the Court
| Circular, dated Marienbad Sunday. It
| runs as follows:
1.-The king has received with profound
regret the news of the death of the Mar
quis Of Salisbury. and his majesty deeply
deplores the loss Of so great a statesman.
whose invaluable services to Queen Vic
| torta, to the king and his country in the
highest offices of state. which he held for
| 80 many years, will ever dwell in the men,
| Dry of his elowcountrymen'
Messages OF coincidence poured in at Hat
field House: The senders included King
Edward and Queen Alexandra. the Queen
of Portugal and President Loubet.
Pulpit Eulogies.
Touching references were made to the
| dead statesman in the pulpits of almost
| all the churches in the United Kingdom.
There were many visitors to the village of
Hatfield yesterday.
| The parish church was crowded in the
morning the worshipers including Premier
Balfour, the Earl and Countess of Selborne.
| the marquis sons and the members of his
| family and household. Lord William Cecil,
the rector of the church, off1ciated, but be-
yond choice music and appropriate hymns,
the service was o fthe usual character.
The senior curate in his sermon paid
tribute to the deceased, especially dwelling
on his private virtues and his devotion to
the church. On the conclusion of the dis
course the whole congregation rose and
remained standing while the organist
pldyeu Inc ucdu CIt III Odul i ne Iuue-
raj has been Professionally fixed for the end
of this week, to enable Lord Edward Cecil,
who is on his way home from Egypt, to as
sist.
The London Press.
The newspapers. some Of which appeared
with black borders, devoted the bulk Of
their space to the last hours and career Of
the Marquis of Salisbury. In their editorials
they paid warm tributes and expressed deep
Co. %ha
that with him there passed away the last
Of the great English statesmen of the Vic
torian era, as well as the last Of the bril-
liant group Of European statesmen, which
| included Bismarck, Gortchakon and An
Grassy
1t is held that his work in the domain
Of foreign policy that will be best remem-
bered with gratitude was his constant en-
deavor to preserve peace. He Is spoken
Of as the true representative type of the
unambitious, conservative and aristocratic
class
The Paris correspondent of the Times
says: Shortly after the Arme MAN massa-
cres 1t came to my knowledge that Lord
Salisbury regarded the deposition of Abdul
Hamid as perhaps the best solution to the
great evils of Turkish misrule. In letter
to q friend, however, he said he supposed
that Austrta-H Hungary was too conservative
to consent to such a course, and apparently
the idea was never officially mooted.
Sketch of Lord Salisbury
The late Marquis of Salisbury, Robert
Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-C Cecil was the SEQ
ond son of the second Marquis of Salisbury.
| The founder of the branch Of the Cecils,
| from which the late ex-premier descended,
was the second son Of Sir William Cecil,
Lord Burleigh the Bismarck" OF the Eliz-
abethan era.
It is recorded that the first earl "fell
| a martyr to hard work in the public serv-
| ice," and 1t has been said that his descen-
dant displayed the physical features, as
| well as the mental and moral characteris-
| tics of his ancestors.
| He has been described as Sitting in the
| house lords quiet, proudly self-con-
| tanned, 18th his handsome, but coldly CHS
selled features skilled Ger by the pale cast
| of thought"
Hard Work All Life.
Although born in the lap of luxury, he
was a hard worker all his life. He was
born at Hatfield in 1890. and received his
education at Elton and at Christ Church,
Oxford.
In 1853 he was elected a fellow of All
Souls and the same year he was returned
to the house of commons, in the conserva-
tive interest as member from Stamford.