Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-09
THE KAISER's LAST SIGNATURE.
IL was Affixed to an Order Closing the
Session OF the acknowledgements
Frederick to Leave San Keno TO.

fre0ePtck 10 Leave SAN Keno To-
morrow.
BERLIN. March o-when Prince Bismarck en-.
tered the reichsrag at 1o35 o'clock this afternoon
he deposited the imperial order closing tine session
The order was the last Official document signed
by the late emperor.
Emperor Frederick viii leave san Reno to-mor.
row. and that he will arrive AT Berlin In due course
OF time.
The house received the communication with evi.
dent satisfaction, the more 50 because Herr
es1b Of Emperor William TO Ing ,ox sas
house OF the diet, had not alluded 10 the new en-
peror. This omission had created painful i'm
preston. Prince Bismarck declared that from
what he had observed during the last few days
Emperor William had found consolation IN those
showed in the suffeIings Of his son, and
consolidation of national unity which found ex-
preston In the unanimous passage of the mittsry
an Indefinite period. After the ad.
JOurnment Prince Bismarck descended from
The elevated seats occupied by the members OF the
bubdesrath into the body OF the house and greeted
Count Won Motke The members crowded around
him as he showed the order dissoiving the reich.
the emperor.
QUEEN VICTORIA APPARENTLY MUCH AovEo.
LONDON, March 9.-The queen was dressed In
deep black when she took her carriage exercise 10
| tn gardens OF buckingham palace to-day. Her
| face bore very sad expression. All the officials
Of the palace and the servants are dressed In
The Prince OF Wales, in deep mourning
Visited the queen at 10 O'Clock this morning
and again at noon. The court has been ordered
ceremonies have been Cancelled. The Prince
| OF Walks, Prince Christian and Prince Henry Of
tend the emperor's funeral.
rhe Last Words Of the Emperor.
| BERLIN. March 9.-The emperor died holding the
empress oy tne hand lie had been in a stupor
| brief period at > O'Clock, during which he
Is reported TO nave exclaimed, II am a man OF
peace. but II Russia forces me TO war shall faith
| FULLY side with my ally, Austria The emperor
VIII be buried ia the Mausoleum at Charotten.
berg.
| FREDERICK GREATLY DISTURBED.
1 SAN RENO, Marcn S.-Emperor Frederick Ill was
1 greatly disturbed on hearing the news of his
tie mas received hundreds OF kilograms OF con1ol-
| ehOe. HIS wife received many ladies and gentle
I c,lIe, 10 express their sympathy "A'
The ,.inperor and his wife viii leave for Berlin
at . ociocl; tomorrow morning
sixteen buildings Destroyed.
| CAIRO. Ills, March "a fire at Harrisburg.
Saline County. !dst night. destroyed sixteen
| TWO restaurants, millinery store grocery. hard.
! ware store, two warehouses;. clothing store and
the bank OF HARRISBURG Total loss about 81, 900.
Buriington's Poor Service.
AL TRAINS RUNNING EsKEGrIARLY-AoRH CON.
PLANTS OF INCOMPETENT ENGINEERS
| CKEs1OS IOWA, March s--Ihe wess-bound train
\ on thr CnicAg0, burlington and Quincy, due here
| at no am. hal not arrived at O'Clock and
| there Was DO telling when IL would get 10.
| Added % the incompetency OF the engineers q
fact which, Is openly talked OF In Creston II rained
i all night, I'd the rails are In a bad condition.
\ No attempt 4, made TO run on schedule time
The same Is srue OF the freight service Most Of
the freight which leic THIS morning were made up
i OF coal cars principally
Burlington. A passenger conductor was on
| the engine plotting the new engineer.
| water that the water, instead OF exhsusting and
| gong up the smokestack In steam, ran
| 0ack through tue nues into tne nre.
\ box An explosion followed, which Slew ene
/ door o: the frebox on AMI .he pilot conductor,
who stood 10 'front.' OF IL, was 90 badly scaloe0 Ia