The Portland daily press., 1888-04-14

been crushed out Of me- 1t was then 8
O'Clock and you will hardly believe me when
| tell You, that In all the weary 10 hours
had stood since morning, found myself not
square beyond our starting point,
with still 1900 people before us 10 get into
the cathedral. was anxious too about the
others. SO managing to get into side street
made my way home, finding, the others In
widest alarm about me. Il. and +. had
managed, more dead than alive, to get into a
side street after one Of the hrst dreadful
stampedes, and made their way back to the
house. The Dutch girls were carried IN
with the crowd and got into the Dom.
They described the scene as most impress
siveIv solemn, seeming all the more so IN
the bustling, surging, noisy crowd OUTSIDE,
The dear old Kaiser appeared 10 De quletly
sleeping. The air was heavy with the 0uOr
of the loyeliest flowers The guard standing
upon both sides were most beautlIuliy UNI
formed and looked more like statues than
human beings so immoyable were tney.
Imagine the scene lighted by lnnumerapie
wax candles casting the softest possipie
lightup the imperial sleeper's tace! Aud
to this the soft low tones Of the organ play
ing his requiem lullaby, and you VIII nave
some idea Of the whole.
We were so much disappointed In not nav.
ing gotten in that we determined the next
day to try again, but not with the crown;
We were told by some people who mad trled
it that il we went to some OF the Dack streets
leading to the Dom that we might posslpiy
GERS. All these streets were guarded py
police. L. was the first one TO try. She
went up to an officer and in her best German
asked him If she might follow him as IL she
belonged to him. He had lady on his arm
and having pass he got through without
difficulty l., kept close behind and got In.
| L. and +. waited until another officer with
lady came up. Having asked his permission
| to follow they kept close TO him. he got In
with his lady, but the girls had just gotten
| past the guard when policeman put his
| hand on T's shoulder and said, Where IS
| your pass, frauleinP L. said, I'VE are
| with that officer" but in looking up, to her
| dismay she saw the officer seudding away
| about a half a square ahead, never once
| looking back to verify her statement; vi
| course the girls were turned back. Iney
| tried ii again with another old offeer. lie
| worked hard for them but the police We're
| obdurate. Though the old man swore the
| girls were under his charge, and fairly
| begged for them, it did no good. SO the old
| man telling them he was endlessly sorry,
| left them. They then gave II up. and D. and
l who had been watching lot our ehahce'
| thought it useless to try.
The morning Of the funeral was dreadfully
/ cold. but we started as early as nine o'clock
| to take our seats. 1t was not TO pass until IL,
| but we feared if we waited longer we should
| not be able to reach our seats through tne
| crowd We had carried numerous wraps
| with us. and contrived to keep ourselves
| moderately comfortable. We were inter-
| ested in watching the workmen who were
| putting the finishing touches upon the dec
| orations The street was most elaDorateIy
| hung with black festoons from the tiagstatfs
| that lined the Linden on either side. AT tne
| heading Of each festoOn was large Whlte
"W" In cloth. The street lamps all along
| the route were lighted and shrouded IN crepe.
| There were besides great pillars WITH cai1-
rons Of burning tar upon them. These Pill
| lars were also heavily draped, the front orna-
mentedl with beautiful gilded palms sur
| rounding the Prussian arms. Some Oh them
| had inscriptions upon them. Inc stIeet Mas
| One royal carriage after another passed De-
| fore us, taking members from different tor-
/ eign courts to the Cathedral to take part In
the funeral ceremonies. Win all tne goft.
would be difficult to say which was the hand
i sOmest The Prince Of Wales, whom rec
| ognized at once from his pictures, nad
| sumptuous outfit All the carriages after
/ taking their inmates to the cathedral, were
| driven back to wait beyond the Arch. for all
/ were to follow the Emper0r's remains on
/ foot the length of the street called II nter
| den Linden" The immense coneourse gath
| was most orderly. Perhaps the police had
| better learned in the trials OF the previous
| days how to keep crowd in check. We
| were told, however, that the raDble again
| assered itself after lthey got upon the eoun-
| try road leading to Charlottenberg., Inc
| Emperor's last resting place is to be, by his
| own request, at the feet Of his mother. For
| an hour before the volley Of musketry an
| nounced the saying Of the blessing over the
| Emperor's remains In the cathedral ana the
| start Of the procession, the troops had been
| gathering-numbers of regiments, some
i mounted, some upon foot, divided by bands
/ of martial music, the muf1ed drum making a
sad accompaniment. The evergreen boughs
| the sound Of the football OF both men and
| houses. AS the car drawn by eight black
horses passed. their plumed heads seemingly
| keeping time to the music lChopin's funeral
| march,, there was an audible sob in the
crowd around us, for it was father rather
than king they mourned.. The grleI was
i very real. The car was Immediately pre-
| ceded by the insignia Of ONCE. Inc crown,
| sceptre, &c. &c, were carried upon cusnions
| so well. Nearly 92 years had passed before
/ the Wellearned rest came. How happy he
| must have been upon hearing the l0ng-wait-
| ed-for summons-"Well done, thou good and
| faithful servantv One Of the saddest sights
was the old horse, which was led just back
| of the car, the stirrups crossed on the saddle:
| Back of the horse three generals walked
| abreast. the one in the middle carrying the
| flag Of the Empire, and back OF them, walk
| ing quite alone, came the now Crown Prince
| William as chief mourner. You have no
| doubt read that neither the Emperor nor
| Bismarck were there. After Prince William
| came three kings-0f Sax0ny, Roum2nla and
| Belgium. Then came representatives OF oth-
| er countries, the Prince Of Wales and his
| son representing England. 1t was altogeth-
| er the grandest, at the same time the saddest,
| sight possible to imagine. l would not have
| missed it for great deal.
| All day after the funeral had passed
| crowds were passing up and down the UE-
| ter den Linden to see the street decorations
/ and to secure some green sprays Tor memen-
toes. All the shops were closed for the day,
which was more strictly holiday than Sum
day is usually kept abroad. We walked
down to the cathedral in the evening, hop
ing TO see the flowers, but 1t was already
| closed 10 the public The facade was beau
| tifully ornamented like the pillars on the
line Of procession. with gilded palms sur
| rounding the Prussan arms; in front two
| great gas flames were burning, in form rep
| Tesenting huge candles in eandlesticks.