Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1894 — A SUDDEN DEATH. [ARTICLE]

A SUDDEN DEATH.

Sir John Thompson, the pansdlnt Prime Minister, died suddenly at Windsor, England, Dec. 12, shortly after a meetins of the Prlvg Council, at which ho hac just been sworn In as a member. Th< Queon hod Invited Sir John to dine nn« sleep at Windsor 1 astle that night. Aftet the meeting of the Privy Council ho hat returned to his hotel for luncheon, whet he became suddenly 111 and expired. It 11 supposed his death was duo to heart disease. Queen Victoria telegraphed hei Mndoleuce to the Canadian people.