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Show PRIVATE FUNERAL FOR CltlRLI Cortege Passes Through Thronged Streets on Its Way to Ce .netery. UlRMINOllAM, KiiRlaml. July 6 .-The body of Jo-pli rh;uuNM''.um, the I'ntomst Iriuifi-. who ior manv v.-nvs ovuimsl tt lromm,MH position In Urltlsh politk-s. Ixirt'M today In llookloy .vmpirry tn the oonatituenoy 1,,, long roprosentoj In the house of oonimons. A momortHl seivue was ntt.Mi.1i,! by the lm.t nmior of rtirmuiKlum, the memVrs of the ,-lly council and other civic .lisninines. Apart front the ,.vlc element. the mourners at Loth the church nnj the cemetery consist,-,' .solely of niemhcrs of the Chaniheilaln family, as the late statesman h.a.l express,-,! the desire that his funeral shouui he free from every-Ihlnit every-Ihlnit of a public nature. Nothing. however, eouU prevent ft ftreat crow.l of the cltliens of l'irmthjr-ham. l'irmthjr-ham. dm on u; whom Joseph "ha niherla In was a popuiar hero, from lnhhs- he route lo '-! the funeral passed f.,om the .lead statesman's residence at llithhurv lc the church and from there to the cemetery, as the procession went by the men reverently uncovered. I.ON'nON, July Simultaneously with the burial In lhrmhham. memorial services lor the late Josech t'ha m herla i n were held in St. Margaret's church. A estmsnster. Premier Asumth. the members mem-bers of Ms cabinet, manv of the late Mr. lhamberlain a colleagues In the house of commons and members of the house of lords and of the foreign diplomatic corps attended. |