, 1876-05-31


RtnnaH Empire, late Chamberlain to 1lls Majesty
the King Of BavHrH, md 1nnru lately citizen of
Clsi,ngo. Is dead, a,rl saa Eoc to Ills everlasting
rEt III icl tn New York, mil wAs buried
with the mystic Egyptian r!tcs Of the 1l,cnsophfe
Order, Of which l!e WIS II ncmhrr, With all Ills
titles and decorations, mil notwithstanding Ills
strangely chccqueTc, career, liz made more Of II
scllsatfon In Ills death tlan In ILLS life. at the
Lrasl Baruil's head stood d brazcn cross, SYM
boltcAl Of tic phalltc worship Of tho crcatiyc
principle, md arnund 1t twlnrtl green spotted
serpent, md ut thu dead Barur's turncl.up toes
was MI hour-glAss with thu snlds run out,
sy1nboltcal Of death. l'aron vow rALM, as lie
walked The streets Ut Chicago or lounge. III the
lobbtes Vi the opera, as WAS hts delight, WIS d
plain, simple, uliostcntnttous man. md
yet tho l'facls, gloomy eatnfaqur was en-
livcncd with Ills Insignia uml decorations.
There were the white star Of thc Knights Of St.
JouN, the cleaning silver nj tlle Hcr1nan Ritter
Order, the rcd cross NJ the Holy sepulchrc anil
tho star Of the Grand Cross OF Louis of Bu-
varfa, none of which glittering gew-gaws were
displayed by this plain man when l.o dncd Mt
1nAcns, or took his beer Ut n Sunday night at
Turner Hail, listening to t11r music of WAoaHn,
who was one OF Ills friends, and cursiug tho
quality Of the beer. Seven Of Ills brethren II,
bnck robes, bearing green palm branches, stood
BY his u'llrl, Illuminated with parsi-coorcl ca1l
dies, maintaining solemn silence Willie the
choir fntoncl IN Orphlc hymn, set To the music
Of MI old 1tnliun mass written 100 ycare agn
Tho priests then prayed, md then the High
Priest ADVANCED and repeated tic ancient
Egyptian liturgy, and askctl various questions
touching the Immortality Of tile dead Darorl's
soul, md this was followed BY MI ndarcss from
13Irt, 11rfn njr rA
request, IN which he cypoundcd the
doctrine Of Thcosop1ly. Whcn ho lad
eloscd, EMMA HARDING Bn1rrox, the Spirit.
ualIst, whose filth Is allied to the theosoplica1
1nadc brief address, which Hhe closed with the
following graceful farewell to our Baron:
"spced home, friend and compartment Thou
las not left lis. We know tint thu hast
passed the golden gates wherein sorrow enter
eth not, and VIC bid tllcc God-spccd tn thy home
OF light Although the golden bowl Is broken
atld the silver cord Is loose.1, VIC put on nowccls
Of mourning, and wo offer the symbols Ut full
blown human life with these flowers" THIS
closed thu obsequies, and the Baron waB left
alone, stripped of all his decoratiuns with only
few palin-braMchcs on his ct>lin until night,
when solitary undertaken took the leat! huron
to the cemetery und deposited linn In the Egyp.
t1nn darkness III thc vault, where tnny he rest
in peace until thu resurrection morning which
will solve tho truth Of all doctrines
Thu Rnron Won PALM WIS n Wcll-known CHAR
nctcr III OUR Chicago life. It wis not strange
that lie adopted Pagan belief. As MAX MuL-
IEs sud Of GOETHE, llc WAS TN grand oil
hcattlcn." 11e moved about in thu ruar alld
hustle md stir OF our busy streets without be-
ing IL part Of 1t. The modern rush Of ltc never
1nalc any impression upon Him. lie tlriftcd