Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-27
LORD SALISBURY
PASSES AWAY
Peacefully and Without Evil
dence OF Pain He Sinks
Into Eternal Sleep.
HIS W 0NDERFUL P0WE R
Entered Parliament at Age of 20 and
Became Leader at Once---Held Po-
sition of Prime Minister Longer
Than Any Other Man.,

London, August 24.-Lord Sails
bury, one Of tie last of the great
statesmen Of the past generation, is
dead under the burden of his advan-
ced age. He died at 9:15 Saturday
evening.
Lord Salisbury had been i'll since
early last winter, but his condition
was not regarded as serious until
early in the present month Accord
ing to the medical journals he suf-
fered from intestinal paresis, which
developed from the illness following
the death of his wife in 1899. Not
withstanding his illness, he had per-
sisted in working until he was forced
to take his bed. AS recently as Aug
ust it was reported that the mar
quis was engaged on an important
work on chemical electrical science,
his favorI,e nobby.
The village of Hatfield which still
retains many features of the feudal
period, was filled with anxious resi-
dents awaiting the news of his lord
ships demise. The great Hatfield
house, hidden behind the screen of
pine trees, was lighted at every win
dow, and gave no sign of the ap-
preaching fatality. Groups of watch
ers clustered on the Elizabethan
arcehs' flood gates, anxiously ques-
tioning each other.
finally the news came when a hat
less servant dashed down the gravel
ed roadway, saying as he passed,
HE has gone" and then disappeared
in the church. Soon thereafter the
slowly and the villagers at the street
corners uncovered in acknowledge
ment OF the passing of their neighbor
and friend, England's great states
man.
Viscount Cranborne, who now as
sumes the title of Marquis of Sails
bury, Immediately notified King
Edward and Queen Alexandra, the
Prince and Princess of Wales and
others, including Lord Edward Cecil,
tie soldier son of Lord Salisbury,
who is now in Egypt, and who was
the only child of the marquis absent
from his deathbed. Soon messages
of coincidence began coming in, and
the little telegraph Office at Hatfield
was swamped with unprecedented
business.
The death of Lord Salisbury
occurred on the fiftieth anniversary
of his entry into public life as mem
Der of the house of commons for
Stamford.
The elevation of Lord Cranborne to
the house of lords creates a vacancy
in the Rochester district, and prob
ably will entail the selection of
new under secretary of foreign
affairs
In the death of Lord Salisbury
passes the greatest Englishman of
the day. Ten years ago half of the
nalion only would have asserted so
much; today there is no disseItient
voice. To the last day Of his prem
iership Lord Salisbury remained ex-
elusive and aristocratic in life and
thought; yet the whole nation learn
ed to trust his guidance and his over
whelming sense of public duty. That
sense of public duty never left him:
having once thrown off the reins Of
Office, he made none of those sudden
excursions into politics SO often
brught dismay to Mr.. Gladstone's ex-
colleagues.
In 1860 he was appointed secretary
in Lord Derby's second administra-
ton. His progress from that time on
may be judged from the following
table:
Secretary of state for, India, 1874
1873.
Sc ,retary of state for foreign
affairs, 1S7S-1S80.
Special ambassador at conference
on eastern affairs at Constantinople,
1S76-1877.
Second plenipotentiary for Great
Britain at congress Of Berlin, 1878.
Prime minister and secretary Of
state for foreign affairs, 1SS5-1886.
Prime minister and first lord OF
treasury 1SS6-1SS7.
Prime minister and secretary OF
state of foreign affairs, 1SS7-1S92.
Prime minister and lord privy seal
and secretary of state for foreign
affairs. 1S95-1900.
Prime minister and lard privy seal,
1900-1902.