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HOLDS 'EM TIGHT AND FAS1 SCHLEY WIRES THAT HE HAS THE SPANISH FLEET. Will Doatroy or Capture Them Went to Santiago for Coal Tholr Dunkors are Full, But Thoy Can't Oot Out War Board Arouaod. Washington. D. C, Mny 31. Secretary Lone Sunday night received a cipher cablegram from Commodore Schley. It announced ofllcially that Admiral Cervera Is In Santiago, with his for midable squadron In four fnst nrmorcd cruisers, the Vlzcayu, the Oquendo, the Cristobal Colon and tho Maria Christina and the torpedo boat destroyers, the Pluton and the Furor. The navigation bureau received the ttlspatch at 11 o'clock and tho officials mediately began the work of trans lation. It was a tedious taBk and con aiiUKxl fully an hour. When enough of the message had fkoen deciphered to make It clear that fleierctary ling's conclusions on this Subject had been proven to be correct he navy department In the neighbor hood of tho navigation bureau became k blare of light and messengers were hastily dispatched to President McKln Jey. Secretary Long, Secretary Alger and General Miles. It Is understood that Commodore Schley, In addition to officially confirm-. Ing the belief of Cervera's presence, cleared up the question which has conj tlnually arisen as to why the Spanish; squadron had entered Santiago harbor, Cervera. owing to his Inability to secure much coal at Martinique and Curacao and unable to continue his cruise fur-, ther without replenishing his coal bunk ere, went to Santiago for the purpose oft securing qoaJ. COAL MINE NEAP. BY. Within thirty miles of Santiago Is the only developed coal mine in the eastern half of the Island. Cervera, when ho entered, made a requisition upon the military governor for coal and a largo detachment of the Spanish army then drove out to the mines hundreds of tho Santiago townsfolk. The work of min ing was pursued diligently by this Im pressed force, and the coal was carried to tho town and delivered to tho ships an rnntdlv an Dosslblc. Cervera now has plenty of coal, but he will havo no ppportunlty to use it. Schley will re main in front of Santiago until he de stroys Cervera's squadron. The department, after translating Commodorp Bchley'8 cablegram, wired him instructions to this effect: "Under no circumstances permit Spanish shlpB to escape. Destroy or capture them." The suggestion was also made to the commodore to prosecute the work of aountcrmlnlng the channel of the har-; or with tho utmost speed. It was furthermore suggested that ho bom-, bard the fortifications with great vlgorj In this event it la assumed Cervera will emerge from the harbor. Publlo senti ment In Santiago, It Is believed, will not permit him to Ho supinely In the harbor while the American ships are knocking to flinders tho Morro and Bocopa forts which guard tho entrance to thi bay. eoHLEryB darino in evidencej Commodore Schley is credited at thej navy department with having per- formed a daring aot In securing evtJ denco of tho presence or uerveras Muadron In Santiago In the face of the howling storm which has been raging ok the Cuban coast during the last ifur days. He leaveB no room for doubt. Hla report that ho has seen the Snaray la taken to mean that Borne of bis men have penetrated either Into the, S arbor or effected a landing and sur- eyed the harbor from the neighboring hUIc Some promotions for merit and Intrepidity are certain to be announced when details as to the circumstances surrounding the discovery aro learned. With tho reception of this, tho moat important newa slnco that which an nounced Dowey'a victory at Manila, She cloud of gloom which hoa hung over the war and navy departmenta during the last week has lifted. The way la clear for tho occupation of Cuba and Porto Rico. The path to the epeedy conclusion of war la open. I The Spanish squadron la now as good as sunk or captured. SCHLEY'S PLAN OF ACTION. May Block Harbor and Starve 'Em ' Out. or Attack. ' "Washington, D. C, May 31. Spaln'a fleet Is definitely and securely located nsldo Santiago de Cuba harbor. This la now an official fact. In addition to the cable from Mole St. jNlcholas, Haytl, giving this gratifying information, Commodore Schley has reported to the secretary of the navy, stating definitely that he has person ally observed Admiral Cervera's fleet In tho harbor. The Information waa ca bled from the Mole St. Nicholas, Haytl, and was brought there direct from Santiago by the United States scout Jnc vessel St. Paul. If Commodore Schley haa reported his plan of operations against the Spanish Jieet now that It Is definitely located hat feature of hla dispatches haa not theen made public. Nor will the author ities formally state what tho program ,wlll be. . Bather than risk the loss of any of pur ahlps by forcing them through a narrow well mined channel entering the harbor, the war board believes It the part of wisdom to securely close the Spanish fleet within the harbor by lay ing additional mines at the entrunce to the harbor and sinking one or more old hulks laden with stone. The Instructions to Commodore Schley, however, allow him wide lati tude, and If he saw the possibility of carrying the harbor nnd engaging In battle with the enemy, no one who knows him doubts that he will take tho chances. Naval and military authorities, how ever, are proceeding on the assumption that Commodore Schley will continue to guard the entrance to the harbor and to follow out the Btarvlng-out process contemplated when the first Informa tion came that Admiral Cervera had anchored In the land-locked harbor. General Miles and Captain Crownln shield both expressed satisfaction at the gratifying news that they had received from Commodore Schley. They would not disclose the plans of future opera tinns. but intimated that Commodore Schley now had the key to the sltua tlon, and that there would be no delay In military and naval operations against Havana. Cable message were sent to Admlrnl iSampson at Key West, advising him of the gratifying intelligence conveyed iby Commodore Schley's message. Thli .-was done In order to prepare him foi ithe Important work which will now devolve upon his squadron In co-operation with the army In laying siege tc Havana. . ...... FIRST PRISONERS OF WAR. The military prison at Fort McPher son Is Just now the center of an at. n a !. r9 Untilatt Imnfnna Itnna Mil first prisoners oi 'war are confined there, and like the gentlemen or wnom Air, Sheakespeare wrote, and who Is dc. scribed by the melancholy Jacques .they are full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard. They have been there a week now, and they nre gradually getting accus tomed to their surroundings. Hut a bear with a sere head would be a cooing dove compared with these Spanish dona whim tliot. fltut nfrltrnjt Vliat n rnw iimv .iMmnb i.o aiirt An.i hmt I they Jabbered away In their outlandish gibberish! The Interpreters saia they were nrotcstlnc against the Indlgnltlee heaped upon them by the "American pigs' that they were Spanish gentle men. But tlclr wounded dignity re. celved no balm. The prisoners were captured on the Spanish mall steamer Argonauta, which waa taken by the Marbleheod, There aro twenty in all, ten of them being commissioned officers. The other ten aro non-commlssloncd officers and prl. vates. HAUGHTY COLONEL CORTEJO. Colonel Cortejo Is the center of Inter, est, although all of tho officers ar said to be members of distinguished Spanish families. Still the haughty colonel has other claims to attention, for he Is a brother-in-law to General Weylcr. For many years he haa been Judge advocate of the principal court martinis In Havana. It is charged that In that capacity he has been merci less, rigid and tyrannical. He Is a close adherent of the Weyler military policy, and although a warm personal friend of Blanco he has been a leader, sine the withdrawal of Weyler, of the op. presslve concentration policy, Inaug urated by that captain general. He la opposed to autonomy, and prior to the war with the United States opposed any concessions by Spain to the insurrec tionists. I am told that the officers In captivity are among Blanco's most trusted lieu tenants. The mission on which they wero sent when captured aboard the Argonauta was assigned by General Blanco on the night of April 26 In per. son after a conference with Colonel Cortejo at the palace, nnd was cor sldcred as Important as It was perilous. They were sent to a point on the coast where Colonel Cortejo was to attach tho Insurgents, according to his own statement, and the trip was planned despite the full knowledge of tho loca tion of tho American blockading fleet The officers nre all comparatively young men with the exception of Col onel Cortejo. Ho Is In his sixtieth yeat, and haa been active In Spanish military service for thirty-eight years. He hat fought in all the Cuban and Porto Rl can wars during that period, and dur. Ing the administration of Weyler In Cuba was tho military commander at Matonzaa. When the prisoners arrived here last Sunday evening they were under guard of ten stalwart colored privates from tho Twenty-fifth regiment, officered by Lieutenant Mesa. To their Inflamed minds the fact that their guards were negroes seemed like adding insult to In. Jury. But when told that they would have to be searched they arose In all th .might of their injured dignity and swore voluminously In Spanish that ,they would not submit to such an in. dignity. The colonel, In particular, waxed exceedingly wroth. Through the Interpreter ho declared that such a pro. ceedlng was contrary to the rules ot war, and that he would rather die than teubmlt. I But he did Bubmlt, Just the same. Before the operation he exclaimed dramatically In Spanish: "Well, pro ceed, and here I dite. I will neither eat nor drink and will perish in this prison. f. am a Spaniard and a gentleman." Ho la still alive, and hts appetite la said to be excellent. The captives were found to be plenti fully supplied with Spanish money One .officer had on hla person when searched no less than $7,600 in paper money and Jn gold. Ho 1b connected with the pay department of the army, and the money ho had Is believed to belong to the Spanish government. If It 1 found, upon Investigation, that the money be longs to the Spanish government It twill be kept by the United States; but otherwise Is will be returned to the officer when he is exchanged or re leased. Superstitions. The Bonapartes were always suspl rlous. especially the mother of Napo leon. She always had a presentiment that the rise and fall of her family would occur In the same century, that the glory which was prophesied for them would be followed by disaster. And tho prediction was verified. She died In her eighty-seventh year, hav ing lived long enough to see see the downfall of all her children. Napoleon I. always feared December 2 us an unlucky day, and It Is related ot him that before every Important battle ho would throw dice to uscertaln if he were to lose or win. The "red men" whom ho always saw going to battle with him waa a delusion that caused him much suffering. Among tho crowned heads of France Louis XJ. waa one of the firmest be lievers in superstition. He it was who had an unfortunate astrologer brought beforo him who told him a beautiful woman, a friend of the King's, would die, and Louis, enraged at the verifica tion of tho prediction, sent tor the as troloegr, and when he was brought be fore him ordered hla countrlers to throw him out of & window of the pal ace. Before the order was obeyed he asked the astrologer with a sneer If he could tell him (the king) the hour of his own death. "Sire,' 'replied, the quick-witted astrologer, bowing low, "I shall have the honor of dying Just three daya before your majesty." Not only did tho astrologer save his life them, but he was treateu witn tne greatest care that his valuable llfo might be Indefinitely prolonged. Like Napoleon, Abraham Lincoln al ways believed he was a man of desti ny. He thought ho would rise to some lofty station In life, but that he would have a sudden fall. He was pleased, yet alarmed, at what ho looked upon as a rent In the veil which hides the future from mortal sight, for the vis Ion he saw v. as one of glory and of blood. m Armies or Education. Which. England's armies cost her seven times as much us do her public schools. 1 Switzerland, of all the European pow ers, expends more money on her public schools than on her army. She alone pares more ror enugiuenmeni man op pression. For each dollar spent In education, England spends $6.98 In war; France Spends J5.77: Holland, $5.G6; Italy. $5.10, Germany, $5: Russia, $5; Austria, $4, Belgium, $2.77: Denmark, $1.80, and Switzerland, 00 cents. , Griggs I see that Blacker has left the World and gone on the Journal. Brlggs What Is he, a writer or an artist 7 "Neither.' WAR BOARD IS SATISFIED CONGRATULATES'ITSELFOVER THE SITUATION. Knows where Sampson la Knows WhereSohleyls Thinks It Knows Where Cervera la-WIII Not Hurry tho Invasion. Washington. D. C, Muy SI. With Commodore Schley and the vessels U"UY' " -"""""" u , c f.i. V 7 off Santiago de Cuba, and with Infor matlon considered reliable that Admiral Cervera and the Spanish fleet arc still lying within that harber, the naval war board Is satisfied with the war situa tion. Secretary Long heard from Com. motlore Schley. The dispatch received from that official announced that he Is maintaining a blockade of the harbor and la acting pn the assumption that tho Spanish fleet has not departed. Of his own personal knowledge, or In fact of the personal knowledge of any man connected with the fleet, Commodore Schley was unable to say that Admiral Cervera had not left Santiago de Cuba, but he stated that he had taken meas ures to secure positive Information on this point nnd would communicate with the department as soon as they bore fruit. It Is confidently expected by the naval war board that another message will be received from Commodore Schley within the next forty-eight hours announcing the result of hla ef forts. Following Schley's dispatch a mes sage was received announcing the ar rival of the at.xlllary cruiser Harvard, which had brcught the dispatches from Bantlago de Cuba to Kingston, Jo mulca, from which point they had been cabled to the United States. While Commodore Schley ha8 no direct per sonal knowledge that Admiral Cervera Is anchored within the harbor, the de partment states that It 1b in possession of such Inforiratlon, and that It con siders It absolutely reliable Is best shown by the fact that all Its plans are being based upon Its correctness. It Is easy enough to say that the Insurgents have been keeping the department al most dally advised of the continued presence of the Spanish fleet at Santi ago. A message received from this Bource explains the failure of Admiral Cervera to leave his present location. That officer telegraphed to Captain General Blanco that his observers re ported some American ships In the offing, which ne ueueveu u uo wie American anr.orcladB, but were Ameri can scouts, and Admiral Cervera's sub ordinates mistook their character. Commodore Schley's dlbpatch was tho subject of an Important meeting of the naval war beard Saturday niiernoun. and, a a result, Instructions were sent to that officer for his future guidance, firovlded they did not conflict with tho ocal condltlonB existing at Santiago, n reaching Its conclusions the naval War board was assisted by the satisfac tory Information concerning the de fenses of Santiago furnished by Cap inln C. F. Goodrich of St. Louis. Upon his arrival at New York the department ielegraphed him to come to Washing ton, and he arrived there Saturday aft ernoon. It 1b known that Captain Goodrich believes the defense of the port can bo quickly reduced. He expressed his conviction that the fleet Is really In the harbor, and that It will not be difficult to pen It up. It 1b probable that some of these mines ore either on board Commodore Schley's ships or will be Bent to him; that they will be placed In the channel leading out oi tne nar bor of Santiago de Cuba and connected by cable with the dynamo of a torpedo boat or armoiea snip, ana mi any " tempt on the part of the enemy's men-of-war toyeave the harbor will be fol lowed by the explosion of the mine and the destruction of the ship. The Information that Spanish ships had been seen off the Isthlan coast waB considered of importance by that body, and there la reason to believe that a scout will bo sent In that direction to definitely determine whether these ves sels really comprise Cervera's fleet or are some of the Castlllan men-of-war which escaped from Cuba when tho blockade waa first established. BOILED DOWN. Colonel Grlgsby's cowboys from South Dakota reach Chlckamauga. President McKlnley reviews troops at Camp Alger, Washington. Honcrressman W. V. Sullivan succeeds tho late Senator Walthall of Mississippi. The Italian cabinet has resigned and King Humbert has asked Marquis Dl Rudinl to organize a new one. Ex-Senator Butler's nomination to ba major general was confirmed by tho senate without reference to commit tee. An operation was performed yester day on Actor Thomas W. Kenne, who Is suffering from appendicitis. It is Bald at the hospital last night that hla condition was very critical. The rainy season is on In Cuba and It Is bellered that Havana Is now a vast pest hole. Malarial fever and smallpox rage the year round In Havana, but smallpox Is especially virulent during the rainy season. Madrid Is excited over a rumor about the receipt of favorable news. Jt was cabled by Blanco, who failed to send the requisite amount of salt. Sagasta says that tho Cadiz squadron has put to sea, but would return to that port. The new charter submitted to the electors of San Francisco has un doubtedly been carried by a majority approximating 2,000. Port au Prince, Haytl, May 30. It Is reported here that a Spanish fleet of fourteen vessels passed the Mole St. Nicholas, going northward through tho Windward potsage, Friday. Panama, via Galveston, Tex., May 40. Passengers arriving here Thursday on an Italian steamer from Cartagent re port that they saw eight warships, sup noseil to beloncr to the Spanish fleet. The ships were apparently headlnjr for Port Llmon, Costa Rica. London, May 30. A dispatch to the Financial News from Kingston, Ja maica, says: Tho master ot the fishing schooner Johan, which arrived there, reports having picked up a yawl containing two reconcentradoes escaping from Santiago. He says they told him Ad miral Cervera's vessels are In the har bor, and that they were coaled and ready to sail when the Cadiz squadron arrives next week and breaks tho blockade. Chlckamauga Park, Ga., May 27. Ernest G. Brlggs, company B, Second Nebraska regiment, was drowned at 7 o'clock tonight while bathing in Chlck amauga creek. He gave his home as St. Paul, Neb., when he enlisted at Lincoln. He was 21 years of age and was a good soldier. His untimely death is regretted by the entire regiment. DATTLB FIELD WOUNDS. (By John Gilmer Speed.) In the civil war the proportion of Union soldiers who died of wounds to those who were killed outright In battle was forty-three to sixty-seven, or not far from seven to eleven. These figures aro taken from the reports of the adju tant general's office. The statics on the confederate side are less eatkt, but It may be assumed that the prdportlon there was about tho same. Ab there would be little chance of finding out whether a man found dead on the field before medical assistance had reached him had or had not been killed In stantaneously, It may be also assumed that "died of wounds" means "died In hospital" the Inference on the part of the surgeons of those days being that death was the necessary result of the wounds. It Is some comfort to know, now that tho United Stntea la entering upon an other armed struggle, that the number of deaths from wounds la not likely to be as much as fifty per cent as large. In proportion to the number of wounds received, as It was either In the civil war or In any other prior to the present generation. And this, In spite of the more than tenfold Increased destruc tlveness of latter day weapons. The reason nnd ground of this hope are not In the nature of the Krag Jorgensen and Mauser rifles, used re spectively by our own and the Spanish armies, but In tho astounding progress of the last twenty years in the art of aurgery. It la not because a man who Is hit by an up-to-date rifle bullet moro often dies on the spot, for that 1b tho case Is very far from certain. During the first, third nnd fourth quarters of a modern nickel-coated Blug's flight Its rending effect Is terribly fatal, it is true; but In the second quarter, or hu mane area, of Its range It has a ten dency to cut a clean hole. But all ex perience of recent years Indicates that where nine wounded men out of ten would have been burled from a field hospital In the years between 1861 and 18C5, only four would die in the year 1898, the other six being eventually discharged Bnfe, whole, and, probably, In better health than they enjoyed be fore they were wounded. In fnct, "died of wounds," so far as It applies to the wars of past genera tions, Including our own civil war, real ly means In most cases that death re sulted from "hospital gangrene,", "hos pital fever" or erysipelas. The surgeons of those days were quite aware of these symptoms, but their causes had not yet been discovered. It was supposed that the atmosphere of a hospital was Im pregnated with a subtle, Impalpable In fection which could only oe comuateu .after It had begun to show Its effect In suppuration. One fluid result of this 'Infection was called, quaintly enough, "laudable pus," because, on the theory that a certain degree of suppuration waB unavoidable. It was regarded as a hopeful sign when the wound threw off the troublesome humor, which, If ikept In would produce fever. It was not then known, perhaps hardly even suspected, that the surgeon himself was actually Inoculating patient after patient with a terrible specific disease. The surgeons of the civil war would, no doubt, have been very much sur prised to hear that their hands, hastily rinsed In cold hydrant or spring water, were busy carrying from wound to wound hundreds of organisms, the proper name of which waa, or was to be, "Streptococcus Pyogenes." Two medical discoveries, one, In the honest sense of the word, empirical, the other resulting from purely scientific Investi gation, led to the detection and appre henslon of this wholesale assassin. LISTER'S METHOD. Many a Burgeon, before the year 1878, would have been glad to know how It might be possible to amputate legs and arms without suppuration. Many tried for a solution of the problem, although 'most were, no doubt, content to take things as they found them, welcome the appearance of their "laudable pus," and fight the, to them, In evltable "hos pital fever " It was Joseph Lister, whose name Is now known In every surglca lward In the world, who first, as a veteran surgeon lately expressed It, "started the houndB on the right scent when they were all at fault." This shrewd Scotch surgeon, coming from Edinburgh, to King's College Hospital, (London, about twenty years ago, Intro duced there what has since been called the "aseptic" method of surgical treat ment. In this method the whole vicin ity of the part to be operated on, called jn the language of the clinic "the sur feical field," Is Impregnated with a spray of carbolic acid by means of an atom izer. As soon as the operation Is fin ished, not only Is the air excluded' from Ihe wound by bandages, but these band. ages are steepad in solutions or germi cide carbolic acid, to exterminate the foe that may have crept In, as well as to exclude the foe that besets the wound from without. The Instruments and the hands that operate are nlso washed In a solution of carbolic acid. As a result of this practice. It was found that wounds "healed at the first Intention. There was seldom need of treating suppuration, for suppuration never appeared, except when the oper ator or some of his assistants had been guilty of gross carelessness. Bandages were left on until the flesh had grown together again. There was no more washing of wounds to be done, nor any expectation of febrile symptoms as a matter of course. The patient was expected to leave his bed, not wast ed with slow fever, but hale and hearty. Between the new treatment and the old there was all the difference between prventlon and cure. It was evident, of course, to Lister and his followers that they were pro tecting their patients against some thing tangible and destructible that could be made to feel the sting of a powerful acid. It remained for the microscope nnd the brains of such men as Pasteur, Koch, Pruden and Surgeon General John M. Sternberg of the Unit ed States army, to Investigate the na ture and general ways of that some thing. The power of the microscope happened to be prodigiously Increased Just about that time by discoveries In practical optics, and one of the first results was the detection and identifica tion of "Streptococcus Pyogenes." The names sounds like that of a Byzantine i emperor, .but It only means "little neck i lace animal that makes pus," and It Is 1 a well deserved name, for Pyogenes Is the busy maker, first, of that "laud able pus" which Is now known to be an accumulation of the victim's precious white blood corpuscles, and, luter, of the still more deadly symptom of the dark, glalrous pus. The way to guard against this deadly gangrene and fever was, fortunately for humanity, pointed out even while Its cuuse was only vaguely known. While talking recently of the outlook for Uncle Sam's soldiers In the present war. Dr. John H. Gtrdner. who has made a special study of gunshot wounds, said: "In the old days a sur geon would very often amputate simply to save his man from the dangers of gangrene. Now that gangiene has been provided against, a soldier thut goes Into the hospital with two legs, even, If a bullet had smashed both of them.i may still hope to walk on two flesh and' blood lego for years after the war." GLADSTONE RESTS FOREVER GRAND OLD MAN LAID AWAY IN WESTMINISTER ABBEY. Through tho Awed and Silent Mul titude the Funeral Cortege Moves Along Into the Gray Old Abbey Midst Solemn Music. London, May 31. The century which began with Napoleon and Imperialism ended In the twilight of Westminister abbey Saturday with Gladstone and democrucy. They took the great commoner of England from the vast hall built by a son of William the Conqueror, and bore him In state through mighty multitudes In Parliament square, laying him under the solemn arches of the old abbey, among the bones of his enemies, whllo dukes nnd earls, marquises and vis counts, counts and barons, the Prince of Wales and all the upholders of proud aristocracy, which he Btripped of It waB stately and simply beyond words to express, and not until the power, were assembled at his burial, white-haired widow knelt between her sons and wept over her own did the tears come to all. The loud chorus, the rolling of the drums, the thunder of the organ and the voice of brass roaring among the white monuments of England's heroes and sages, resoundlngf through the shadows above the dim altar where the shield and helmet of Henry V. hnng over the battered coronation chair, and dying away In the dusty gloom where lie the ashes of Mary Stuart and Queen Elizabeth, then proclaimed to the house of lords, to the house of commons nnd to all who stood uncovered In that holy place, that the man who made titles a mockery In England; who dealt the death-blow to heredity and gave manhood suffrage to the British people was lying at the bottom of u pit dug for him by command of the empress queen. A GRAND SCENE. It was one of the scenes of the cen. tury; never to be forgotten; never to be fully expressed. Early In the morning lords and com moners assembled in the house of par liament md marched in solemn pro cession Into Westminister hall, where the body of Gladstone lay In an oaken box, made by the village carpenter at Hawnrden, arrcng flaring candles, un der the sculptured beams of the giant roof that had witnessed the trial and condemnation of Charles I. and the ordeal of Warren Hastings, the plun derer of India. Each of the parliamentary bodies was preceded by Its sergeant-of-arms bearing a golden mace. The oaken chest, covered with a pall cloth of white and gold, was lifted from the black platform, where It had rested In state since Thursday, and arter a prayer by the Bishop of London, the great procession of commoners and lords, privy ccunsellow, the earl mar shal and the heralds of the empire, moved slowly outward. THE GREATEST TRIBUTE. That silence, that Immobility, that Ineffable reverence of the common peo ple In the open air was the greatest tribute of the English people to Eng land's greatest statesman. Noisy Lon don was suddenly struck dumb. The lord chancellor, In his flowing wig and silken train, borne by an at tendant: the sneaker of tho house of commons, In his trailing robe of black and gold, and the ecclesiastical lords In their white and black vestments, furnished the enly signs of pomp save where, In the distance, in glittering chariots of gold and silver, crimson, groen and blue, the lord mayors of London nnd Dublin and the lord pro vost of Edinburgh rolled along in splen did state. But lords and commoners, princes nnd privy counsellors, were dressed In black; the hernlds were without the gorgeous symbols of their office; rouge dragon ond port cultls. blue muntle and rouge Croix, the Windsor end Richmond herald, Somer set herald and York herald; Clarenclux King of Anns and Garter, King of Arms, were plain men In plain dress, carrying only white wooden wands. Even the Duke of Norfolk, earl mar shal and head of all the medieval hosts of heraldry, which Gladstone hated so heartily, he, too, was dressed like an ordinary man, and the only sign of his office was a little black wand tipped with gold. It was nil pregnant with the spirit of Gladstone; eloquent of the ends ne naa In view; prophetic of the England which his mind saw in the future, an England without lords; nn England, perhaps, without princes. Within the gray old abbey the sound of trombones mingling in Beethoven s funeral equale. then Schubert's funeral march In D minor, and after that Beethoven's glorious funernl march In A flat minor, sounded the approach ot the procassion. SPIRIT OF GLADSTONE. The mighty nave was crowded with men and vomen, princesses and peer essess and wi es of ambassadors. Ris ing above the essembled company gleamed the sculptured white forms of heroes, statesmen and philosophers who created the British empire. Another silent company sat in the trancept and choir before the great altar with Its dim gold carvings. Here were Sir Ilenrv Irving. Sir Edward Burne- Jones, Cnnon Anger. Sir William Ag new. Rev. Jeseph Parker, Rev. Hugh Prince Hughes, representatives of India und Armenia and scores of best known men and women of the British metrop olis. In the south trancept rose huge tiers of 3eats for the commons, and In the north trancept were the tiers of gents for the lords. The pavement of tne abbey was cov ered and dark blue felt, and at one side, about six feet away from the statue of Lord Beaconsfleld, vns the open grave, a deep cavity. coffin shaped, lined with black cloth and marked about the upper edge with a thin line of white. Three strips of canvas tape weie stretcned loosly across the opening, ready for their bur den In the aisles on either side of tho trancept. behind the Iron gratings, were crowded the newspaper men, among them being the editors nnd writers who had supported Glndstone In all his later battles for the people. HIS NOLLE HELPMEET. There was a hush. The audience arose nnd Mrs. Gladstone, trembling with age and leaning on the arms of her sons, Herbert nnd Henry, advanced to a seat In front of the chancel rail ing where the venerable woman bowed her head !n prayer. Suddenly the whole vast space resounded with music. Lounder nnd stronger and richer It swelled against the hoary eclumns. while vhe ancient banners hanging above the tombs of kings and cci.querors swayed as the waves of sound rolled forth, but Mrs. Gladstone remained on her knees. Once more there was silence, nnd again the audience stood up. This time it was to honor the Princess of Wales, who came In, clad In deep mourning. Even Mrs. Gladstone rose to her feet Involuntarily, and ngnln nruslc mingled with th clashing of brass, while spears of tight thrust themselves through the lofty windows, save where through the painted glass came a soft radlanco of crimson and yellow nnd gren and blue. Far up toward the roof eager faces op peared In the sculptured openings, nnd amid the fantastic swirls of the tre forlum. Meanwlle the canons and clergy, ar ranged according to their rank. In white and black and scarlet, moved with a great choir of boys gathered from the royal chapels Into the chancel and the space In front of the altar. And now before It and the future king of En glishmen, borne aloft on the shoulders of his humble followers, with the little blnck-whlskered carl marshnl strutting before tl and the future king of Eng land, the Duke of York and the other distinguished pallbearers trudging along on elthe- side, their hands lightly holding the pall. Behind the casket came the garter king of arms, with his glittering baton, and behind him the Rev. Stephen Glnd stone, Herbert Gladstone, Henry Glad stone, Miss Glndstone. Mrs. Drew, little Dorothy Drew nnd William Glynne Charles Gladstone, the bright-faced lad who Is Gladstone's heir. With them were delegatlcns from Hawnrden vil lage, a clumsy, bashful, ebotlonal fol lowing. THE SCENE. GOMPLETE. The casket was laid upon two black pillars before the chancel railings and the scene was complete. To the right stretched in row upon row the house of commons, and to the left were assembled the lords of Eng land, with the great lord chancellor In his wig. seated In the front row, and the golden mace and the great seal on the pavement surrounding the grnvc stood Lord Chief Justice Morley. Lord Spencer, Mr. Bryce, Sir Henry Camp bell Bnnnermnn and the other living members of Mr. Gladstone's ministries. Before the altar was the casket.the pall bearers and the weeping widow; behind them were the ambassadors nnd minis ters of nearly every nation on earth. The choir sang "I Am the Resurrec tion nnd the Life," while the Prince of Wales bent tenderly above the venera ble widow In the soft candle light. The commons looked across at the lords and the lords looked down at the open grave of the greatest foe of their order since Cromwell. The white figure of Lord Beaconsfleld In his robe und chains ot order rose triumphantly beside the lords, a companion to the future of the lord chancellor In his wig, presiding over the nothingness of heredity. GRAND OLD SONGS. Then there came to the head of the altar stairs the snowy-haired Denn Bradley, and behind him the archbishop of Canterbury. The dean of the Abbey read the lesson after the choir had chanted "Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge From One Generation to An other" and "Turn Thee Again, Oh Lord, at the Last and Be Gracious Unto Thy Servants." After the lesson the casket was moved over to the grave, while the choir and nudience sang "Rock of Ages," to the accompaniment of the organ nnd band. Mrs. Gladstone tot tered over between her sons, Herbert and Stephen, and took her seat at the head of the grave. It was the only chair In the plnce. Around the grave were grouped the Prince of Wales, Lord Salisbury, Lord Rosebery, the Duke of York and the other pallbear ers, together with the relatives and servants of the Gladstone household. Lord Salisbury's huge form towered up beside that of the future king of Eng land, his shuggy head covered with a black velvet skull cap. TH choir and audience sang' 'Praise to the Holiest In the HelghtB," and Mrs. Gladstone stood upand moved her head feebly to the music. Her lips trembled, while under her veil could be seen her pale face, wet with tears. There was another pause; then, a the body was lowered Into the grave, Dean Bradley uttered the words of committal to the ground and the choir sung, "I Heard u. Voice From Heaven.' The dean then recited the lesser litany nnd the Lord's prayer, and now the voice of the archbishop of Canter bury was heard In the final prayer ot the buriul seivlce shrill, harsh and far-reaching. The supreme moment hnd come. Mrs. Gladstone knelt on the black floor and leaned fnr over, as if she would drop , Into the grave herself, her slender body shaken with sobs. Tears rnn down Lord Salisbury's rugged face, the Prince or Wales wiped his eyes and the sound of sobbing was heard everywhere. Suddenly there was nn outburst from the choir, soft, high and sweet "Their Bodies are Burled In Peace, but Th.;lr Name Llveth Evermore." It filled the vast building with rapture; It reached from the wife, kneeling among the great of the earth, to the husband lying In the bottom of the pit The arch bishop gave the benediction and then Mrs. Gladstone was lifted to her feet by her two sens. She swayed to nnd fro and once salts were held to her nostrils, but presently she drew herself up erect and smiled, when the multi tude began to sing, "O, God, Our HeJp In Ages Past." And now come a touching scene. As the men nnd women, the boys and girls of the Gladstone family pressed around the grave, the Prince of Wnles. the prime minister and other great officials drew back reverently. Mrs. Gladstone took little Dorothy Drew by the hand and pointed to the bottom of the grave; then she took Gladstone's little heir, and, again pointing to the grave, whispered something to him that nobody could hear. She did not point to the prince or the princess; she did not direct the gaze of her grandson to the lord chancellor, sitting umong the peers bearing his ponderous mace of gold Both looked into the grave of the man who would not accept a title, and yet came to be greater than them nil. The Prince of Wales whispered to the earl mnrshal, who hurried over to the Rev. Stephen Glndstone, nnd presently the prince advanced acrcss the pavement and all made way for him as he stooped down and, taking the hand of Mrs. Glnd stone In his, kissed it. Lord Salisbury then whispered to the widow, und after him came the Duke of York, Mr. Balfour, Sir William Harcourt und Lord Rosebery, who kissed her face. That was all. That was the whole story. The lords and commons, the princes and privy counsellors, the am bassadors and ull the rest of them, trooped out of the abbey Into Parlia ment square, where the assembled peo. pie of London were &tlll standing silent and motionless. Gladstone's real funeral was out there In the open nlr. The common people were shut out of the abbey, but In their minds were the blind stirrings of a passion for equity Invoked by the great leader, and a dim sense of that peaceful future he would lead England to, out of her bloody past. And when this fiery web Is spun, Her sentries shall doscry afar The young republic, like a sun, Rise from these crimson seas of war. JAMES CREELMAN. r.M t 4 r JL 1 r rfTjM X