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Show SIH JOHN'S DEATH. OaniODltratloni of ltrntinU Clrlaf Vtsitil, Thrnattiout l'i,ul. Tohonto, Out., Juno 8. From al-I al-I most every point in Canada coavs tid- in ir of universal sorrow at th-i death of i Sir John Maclbmabl. liverywhere s'umis of liiiiurtiiii are to be seen Ar-raneniculs Ar-raneniculs are m ule to lire rivo minute ifiins ot Ottawa ami every city in Canada Cana-da during tlu pi ogress of the funeral funer-al cf tho dead premier. Tle're is siron feeling that an autopsy oiifht to bo made on the body of Sir John by independent medical men in ordor that the public may know what ready was the cause of death. A F ccial dispatch from Ottawa Ot-tawa ssys nil sorts of rumors are living around today as to whom the gnveruor-Kt-iieral will call upon to form the new oerumcut. It is said today that no one has yet been summoned by the governor, and that it was not prohablo any one would be tin-til tin-til after tho funeral. That delay of at le, t live days is almost without precedent. It gives point to a curious ' story afloat to tlia effect that the- gov-ernor gov-ernor jreneral left tlie nmeting of -the Koysl .socict v at Montreal rather hurriedly hur-riedly last Wednesday and called upon Sir John MucDouald at Farnscliffo the uet day. It is s lid Sir John then indicated whom ho thought should be calied upon to form the new ministry in esse is illness u rminated fatally. The Lmpire, a government organ, in an editorial on "The Duty of the House," ssys the matchless leader is no more. Tue tongiiu of the patriot is silent; the head which planned and hand which executed in his country's service are laid low in death. Keniember that those who would abandon Hritish rule on this continent ami hand us over to tho dominion of a foreign country have for years had their ghoulish hopes placed on tho death of tho leader that they might undo the work that he has done. That self-convicted traitor who became the rnottthpiecA once of a great party declared de-clared in treasonable pamphlet which the grand old man himself dragged to light tnat "Whatev r course the United States may see til to adopt it is plain that Sir John's disappearance from the stage is to be the signal for a movement toward annexation." |