Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-21
EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE FUNERAL OF
 THE LATE EMPEROR.
An Ansedote of Emperor William ll.. Show ing ais Tenacity of Purpose When H:s Minu Is Made Up-The Situations in Lon
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 LONDON. June iS-Nothing seems to interest but the Kaiser's decease. Heicg so closely allied 10 the English throne and the policy oi the new emperor being so uncertain everyone talks of the matter as fl indeed it were a British crisis News comes from Potsdam that fever.sh activity is prevalent every where, for the funeral occurs at Potsdam at an early hour tomorrow morning. and this is the only opportunity for reaping golden harvest Not until late to-day was the route ot the funeral decisively known, but as soon As it was decided upon the people along the route of the procession put up placards in their windows and doorways for customers. There were nc end of applications for the privilege oi viewing the procession, and four chairs iL one window were sold Tor 100 marks each.
 The weight of the royal coffin was very great. It was carried by the train which went down to Potsdam this morning, and it required the strenuous efforts of eleven mer to lift it from the car. 1t was taken 10 the palace in Il covered wagon, and carried to the room where the imperial remains lay.
 Berlin itself tonight is well draped in | mourning. and it is probable that Potsdam will tomorrow present n decently lugubrious appearance after the excitement of to-day. | Everybody is working by torchlight there to- | night.
 THE new Emperor was seen walking in tho garden adjoining the palace at Potsdam, dur | ing the day. He was clad, as usual, in a Generals uniform, and was without coat, | cloak, gloves, OF hat, He stalked across the | corner of the courtyard, and when group of Generals and aides-',e-camp jumped to their | feet and salutcd, he bowed gravely and passed into another wing of the palace. Two Of the officers of his suite walked after him at a respectful distance. Ono Of the officers of | the party, a man of very high rank in the German army, stood looking after the new ruler respectfully for Q moment, and then | said:
 eff his Majesty displays the characteris- | tics us a monarch that he did as a boy, the coming years will be fraught with extraordin- Rry interest for tho German empire. To my mind the most remarkable characteristic of our new Emperor is his steadfastness. Less than four years ago was one of a party of | thirty men, of which his Majesty was the chief, hunting in tho woods ait Potsdam, whcr. he started deer. Four of us were we'll in front and close at the heels of the fugi- tive. The Prince always had a daredevil spirit One of his feats was to ride upright at dead gallop through the woods, whereas every other rider leaned forward and hugged the neck of his horse so as to avoid being hit in the face by the branches as he ciii"peJ along. I was riding immediately ahead oi him with my head down. Of course. 1 looked back several times, and warned Prince Will liam to lean forward, but he only smiled and took the switching of tho branches as he passed along.
 Presently a large limb which stretched from an oak tree hove in sight and, with final warning to the Prince, I lodged under i just we came to a bit of water where thI dogs had got the stag at bay. The huntsmai jumped forward to cut the antlers, hut h, was thrown into the wutcr by twist of tn, staS-s horns, and this drove the memory o the Prince out of my mind, and when I re. covered my senses I looked back for tls Prince, and saw nothing but his riderless horse standing near the dogs.
 "We hurried back and picked tho Prince up senseless, with gash across his forehead from which the blood flowed copiously. Il had come from the big oak limb. We man aged 1t as we'll as we could, and he soon came to his senses. At this moment the deer started away again, and the Prince with a laugh at our entreaties, bounded on his horse and led the chase with tho blood streaming down his face. It was a long and hard ride and we feared the worst, but the indomitabl, perseverance of the heir to the throne carried him through, and he succeeded in killing tn . stag within the half hour.
 "This simple incident indicates what ever, man knows who is acquainted with his Ma Ijesty-that is that no power on earth can stor him when his mind is firmly fixed"
 Another officer added that in Silesia once the Prince kept on chase for single stag fol five days, and though there were many hard riders and famous horsomen among the party the Prince was the only man who kept up to the end. and won the laurels. The antlers of that deer now ornament his study in Berlin
 At a late hour last night the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince Albert Victor and Suite arrived in Berlin and took up their quar- ters at the British Embassy. Sir Henry Pon- sonby also arrived. bearing an autograph let. ter from the Queen of England to her daugh. ter, the imperial widow.
 It is raining violently, with every prospect of continuation of the storm tomorrow, and tho gloomiest spot on earth tonight is proba. ply the rain-washed and dismal little village of Potsdam, despite its myriads of workmeu hammcring away in the rain.
 ! The Empress at first desired that no photo- graph of the body be taken, because the death picture of the late Emperor William turned out badly. During the night, how ever, the Emperoris features became com posed, and she then gave her consent When at tho last moment Dr. Mackenzie amid pro- found silence, said impressively, "He is quite dead now," the Empress gave a heartrending sob, and loud crying was heard in the room. All pressed around the bed. From the eyes Of William tears fell thick and fast
 THE ceremonies at Cambridge on Scarlet Day arc remarkable in more points than one. Confcrring degree on tho eldest son of the Prince of Wales is hardly more than courier like civility on the part of the University. The boys father and mother showed their sense of the compliment by going down to Cambridge to sec young Prince Albert Victor receive the degree, The group of grown men on whom some honor was bestowed was brilliant one. Perhaps none quite so brilliant has been col ccted on any similar occasion. Lord Salis- bury, Lord Selborne, Lord Rosebery, Lord : Randolph Churchill, MT. Goschen and Mir. . Balfour are all really eminent men Mr. Raikes Is Il respectable Professor; MT. Stokes, Lord Rayleigh and the other men of science are all of distinction in one way or another. Ob- serve that among the statesman and politi- clans there is but one Home Ruler Lord Rose . bery: and of him 'sThe Times says to the University, as to the world at large Lord Roscbery, diplomatist and Imperial states man, is far more important than Lord Rose | m fr,x-