Show J SIR JOHN MAGDGNALD The Distinguished Premier of Canada I Dead A SKETCH OF IIIS LIFE i Lone Career In Dominion PoliticsHe Was AEBOciated with the Most Important Im-portant Enterprises OTTAWA June GSIr John Macdanald is no more The distinguished statesman who has guided tho political destinies of Canada for nearly half a century passed peacefully away at 1015 tonight surrounded sur-rounded by his entire household Lady Macdonald who bore up so bravely during the fatal illness is now prostrated with Grief All the church bells ae tolling and thousands of citizens are expressing deep regret at the premiers demise For hours members of the household have i been watching at the bedside waiting Ito I-to see lie depart Although tie physicians physi-cians declared last night Sir John coula not survive until morning they had not made I allowance for his marvelous vitality He I had past consciousness thirty hours ago and had taken no nourishment since save small quantities of champagne which was sma administered with difficulty Tho premier sick unto death kept up an unequal struggle until after 10 oclock tonight to-night For days it is assumed he resisted the inevitable by the sheer force of his powerful will but yesterday Consciousness Disappeared never t return In the ensuing en-suing period of nature now no longer restrained re-strained asserted itself The life fire already low flickered and smeuldered a tnough the soul would leave its earthly tabernacle At 10 oclock this morning hundreds who X called to mane inquiries realized that all hope had now vanished forever News from the sick room was more discouraging than over A strange and leaden color overspread his countenance and the extremities ex-tremities assumed an icy coldness Once or twice the watchers at tne bedside thought death bad come and Dr Powell holding the premiers pulse discovered only a faint trace of lfe Lady Macdonald Mac-donald for three hours before the sad event never left the room for an instant The other watchers included Mary her invalid daughter Hugh John Macdonald the premiers son Job Pope Sir Johns faithful private secretary and near friends of the family At 1010 there was a complete com-plete collapse In the succeeding few minutes min-utes tho premiers breath became more and more labored and only the slightest flutter of the heart indicated lifes presence At 1015 the premier pave a few lung and heavy respirations and without a struggle or the slightest evidence of pain passed away The undertaker promptly noti jed to prepare the body for embalmment 4 The funeral is likely to take place Tues Vjflj next and will be of a state character On tht day the body will likely be removed re-moved to the Senate chamber aud lie instate in-state four or five hours The interment will subsequently take place at Keystone Ont where the Premiers first wife and father arc buried pSir John Alexander Macdonald was born In Glasgow Scotland January 1 1615 His father Hugh Macdonald emigrated from STitherlandshire to Canada and settled set-tled in Kingston in Ib20 The son entered public life in 1 4 as the representative of the city of Kingston in the house of assembly assem-bly aiid continued to sit for this constituency consti-tuency until the union of 1SS7 when ho was elected to the house of commons by the electorate until 1S7S when he was defeated He was reelected in 15b7 by both Careton and Kingston He took an active part in bringing about the Canadian federation and in 1SOG 07 he was chairman of the London colonial conference when the BritishNorth America rmrlinment act was passed by the imperial On July 1 1SC7 the new constitution came Into force in Canada and Sir John Macdonald was sworn as privy councilor and appointed minister of justice and attorney at-torney general In recognition of his services ser-vices he was created a knight commander of the bath civil by the Queenand in 1SS4 ie received the grand cross of the same < order He remained prime minister until 1S73 when his government resigned on the Canadian Pacific charges Alexander Mackenzie Mac-kenzie accepted the office and for nearly five years Sir John was the leader of the opposition In September lTS the Liberal narty was defeated at the polls on the cry of protection to the native industries and Sir John again became premier and ha remained re-mained at the head of affairs in Canada ever since He achieved a decided victory at tho polls at the recent election on the issue of restricted re-stricted commercial relations with the c United States as against the plan of unrestricted unre-stricted reciprocity advocated by the Liberals Lib-erals It is currently believed that the Conservative victory a due absolutely to iiis astute and experienced maneuvering His death therefore means a very serious change in the political balance of power in the Dominion Sir John Macdonald executed several delicate de-licate diplomatic missions He was one of the British joint high commissioners which I settled the Alabama claims question with the United States For this service he was called to the pnvy council of Great Britain a honor seMom conferred on a colonial statesman His wife Susan Agnes whom t he married in 1SG7 is a daughterjof Thomas J Bernard member of the Queens privy council Jamaica West Indies and is known writer of periodicals a c perodicalsJ |