Omaha daily bee., 1888-03-25
Indignation i'm Berlin.

tCopBrtght 1885 bD James Gordon Bcnnett.l
BERLIN, March. 24.-lNew York Herald
Cable-Special to the Bee. The dead
kaiser, the present emperor and the e~xtraor-
binary snowfall which lasted almost without
interruption for fourteen days have filled the
papers during the past week to the exclusion
OF all other news-except, perhaps, national
politics and Bouianger. The Berlin police
continue to come in for an almost unexampled
amount Of abuse. One man Indignantly cal
culated that over eighty thousand more per
sons might have watched the funeral process
sion If the police had not uselcssly, without
warning, at 8 o'clock on the funeral day abso-
lutcly closed Inter. den Linden and its cross
streets to the general public. Another draws
a pathetic pen picture of the helpless rage of
the dead kaiser's spirit as, lowering over the
funeral car, it saw the scanty rows
CT spectators, scarcely six deep on the foot
ways along the great avenue from the cathe-
dral to Brandenburg. There the two car
riage wigs were absolutely vacant. The two
horseback paths were equally free. except
" NV ho"o VI W % viz pioSOooioi
passed, while q block distant on each cross
street, held back by the police, the loyal
crowds fought and crushed each other for
the momentary and imperfect view which
could be obtained from such a distance.
In the Thiergarten beyond, the worst police
tyranny was displayed. Every tree along
the route had it's sight-seers. In one case at
least a broken arm resulted from climbing.
The on-looker showed a stubbord determine
ton to take off his hat as the hearse passed,
even though in doing so he fell and killed
himself.
Among the American colony there has
been much angry comment on the red tape
which caused foreigners so much trouble.
Inter den Linden windows, found their way
to the window absolutely blocked by police
and his four hours before the procession
was expected. One Boston woman, after
pleading for a half hour burst into tears. She
fortunately found a tender-hearted officer
who accepted her tears as a pass.
Another American tourist the day after
the funeral, went out walking in a bright
colored dress hat, but came quickly back
breathless with Indignation to complain that
all the little street boys had been snow
ballipg her shouting, Mourning! Mourn
ingl''
Legends about the dead emperor are al
ready in process of formation. The first is in
.,ara. IL 20 a .,,.na tyl;+n ,y;1l pxr,on ,ylsn1
lowered over the cathedral during the fu-
neral services. Then, as the coffin was car
ried out, slowly winged its way over the
silent palace toward the Charlottenburg
tomb. Regarding the great mans death,
perhaps the most characteristic remark was
that of his great grandson. ''The emperor
has gone to heaven,'' was explained sol
EMMY to the little fellow.
"Did he take his sword with him2'
promptly and eagerly inquired the future
emperor.
The proposal to make Kaiser Wilhelm's
birthday-March ga great national holiday
has been enthusiastically received, but, un,
fortunately, the church has already made SO
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season is objected TO by business men.
Among the many small changes made in,
cidentaily by the change Of rulers is the
great impetus given to the business Of al
photographers and photographers who print
pictures of the royal family. The minister
of public instruction has already sent oul
900, 200 pictures of Kaiser William in a single
batch to various public schools. Each rail
road station and place of public resort viii
have new portraits of the late and present
emperors. 10 private persons such portraits
and photographs are sold daily, literally, by
thousands. As a curious coincidence it il
noted that Kaiser Williams age, at his
death, was Just equal to the combined ages
OF his three living heirs, his son, grandson
and great grandson.
There continues to be petty demonstration
by rowdies against the emperor's English
doctors and against the English generally.
The last golden wedding medal presented
by Kaiser William was given on March 8 tC
George Weber's wife, of Berlin.
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