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Show GLADSTONE'S ELDEST SON IS DEAD. It id t'aarad tliat the Atfed Stataiwao's Ur.ef Ma I'rova Fatal. London, July fi. William Henry Gladstone, the eldest sun of the great Firglisii statesman, died Saturday morning. The deceased was bom at l!:i..!'ib ii, Flintshire, in lsltt. lie vvj,s educated in Christ church, Oxford, entered en-tered parliament in T:Co, representing Chester, sat for Whiliey from Isdisl to 1 S--0 and subsequently represented Last Vi orehestshi' e. He was lord of tho treasury from 1W.I to l; t, and deputy lieutenunt and justxe of the peace for I i-'iii:islilre at tiie time of his death. Of recent years he has lived practically ia retirement. I-or some lime past he hai been suf-fcrii suf-fcrii g from brain ciisease and paralysis of the right side. Physicians on Thursday Thurs-day last r.iinoved a turner which had been prcMng on Gladstone's brain, 'j'hn patient, however sank rapidly. Gladstone's grief upon reaching tha death chamber was rcnily terrible iu its intensity, so much so that, combmed with his leeble health and advanced years, his relatives and friends foot anxious as to the result. Many persons called oa Gladstone t3 ccndsle with him upon tiie death of his son. Among the callers were lTnked. Males Minister and Mrs. Lincoln. The funeral will take placo WeJutsday at Hawarden. |