Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-20

death had taken place. The Emperor
remains will bly, lie in state in tn
Garrison church at Potsdam. By order o
the Evangelical Church Council the bell
win be tolied at specified hours for days il
all the Protestant Churches OF the King
dom.
THE LAST Tributes.
PoTsDAM, June 10, 800 p. m.-Princ,
Bismarck and all the members OF the min
istry, aides-de-camp and officers on duty
in the palace have been admitted to the
room in which the remains lie. The serv
ants OF the household and soldiers of the
Lehr Battalion were afterward allowed to
enter, and they paid their last tribute o.
respect to their master. The Empress,
overwhelmed with grief, has withdrawn to
her apartments, and is seen by no one, II
is now stated the remains will be inferred
within the Friedenskirche, beside those o.
Frederick Nv. The issue Of the
PROCLAMATION IF L II.
to the nation is not expected until
after the funeral. The body reposes
on the iron bed in which the
Emperor. expired. Only the upper
half OF the face is visible. On the breast
lies q wreath of laurel. The hands are
Joined and rest on the hilt of a cavalry
sabre. At the foot of the bed stands a
table covered with flowers. The features
wear an extremely peaceful expression,
DIR. Mackenzie informed the Empress or
Wednesday that he had abandoned all
hope of future prolongatiou of life. 1t is
reported that King Humbert is coming to
attend the funeral.
A sCENE
In accordance with the wishes of the late
Emperor and of the Empress, Emperor
William Ii. has ordered that the funeral be
held Monday morning. The o~bsequies will
be devoid of pomp and will be of a military
character. Owing to the limited accom-
the attendance will neces-
sarily be very small. A touching scene
at the bedside this morning
while the Emperor's life was passing
Bismarck had called to bid
his dying master a last farewell. The EN-
peror was thoroughly conscious and taking
the hand of the aged Chancellor in his own
feeble grasp and motioning to the Empress
to draw near, he took her dand and Joined
it with that OF Bismarck, thus giving silent
and pathetic token OF his desire for a
reconciliation of all differences between his
and the Prime Minister.
HIS MOTHER.
BERLIN. June 15.-The Reichsanzeiger
publishes a telegram from Baden stating
that the Dowager Empress Augusta, to
whom the news Of the dangerous turn
the Emperor's malady i I'd taken
had been carefully broken, immr ately ex.
pressed q wish to return to Berlin. Her
however, would not permit Der
undertake the journey, her sis myth
having been so oyertaxed by recent q ents
as to render her unable to stand tine Il, que
OF the trip. She may return next NIX.
The evening papers are full of expressions
Of grief at Emperor Frederick's death.
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
The same paper, the official organ, pub
fishes the following announcements: 1.-THE
sufferer has ended his earthlycareer.
By Gods decree the Emperor.K King, our
most gracious master, has passed to his
rest shortly after IL O'Clock this
morning, alter long and grievous sufferings
were borne with admirable fortitude
and submission to Gods will. The Royal
house and German people nave been twice
bereaved within a short time. They deeply
the alltoo early decease of our much
beloved ruler.
[Signed] MINISTRY OF STATE"
The Bundesrath met at noon to-day,
Prince Bismarck formally sfnnounced the
death of Emperor Frederick and the acces-
sion to the throne of William, who takes
the title of William the second.
BERLIN IN MOURNING.
The bells in Berlin began tolling at 2
this afternoon. Mourning is dis