Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-16
| News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. |UNSER FRITZ IS DEAD. Rest After Many Months Of
 Pain.
 SCENE IN THE DEATH CHAMBER. Touching Incidents Of The
 Closing Hours. BLAINE IS YET IN THE RACE. A Penitent B0rgia's Ghast-
 Ky Tale.
BLAINE IS YET IN THE RACE.
GERMANY AGAIN IN MOURNING.

Ky Tale.
 GERMANY AGAIN IN MOURNING. The Emperor Quies1y Breathes His Last-Touching Scenes in she Cham ber Of Death-The Empress and Bis. marck Join Hands Before the Dying Msnarch-The Funeral to be Held on Monday.
 PoTsDAM, June 15.-Emperor Frederick this morning. An hour after midnight last night the Empress dismissed the members of the imperial family to their apartments and prepared herself to pass the night watch in g room adjoining the sick chamber of the Em- peror. Dr. Howell shared in the vigil At this time the Emperor was in the full posses sion of his faculties. Shortly after o'clock he wrote on slip of paper the following questions which he handed to Dr. Howell: How is my pulses Are you satisfied with ita" He then wrote something more, but re- tained the paper in his hand after erasing the words. Between 9 and o'clock his breath ing became terribly labored and some mo- raents of struggle would occur, alternating with spasms and great distress as the hard fight with approaching death progressed. By this She strength of the dying Emperor was seen to be waning. As soon as it was evident that the end was near the Empress caused the royal family to be summoned.
 At 8 o'clock all gathered around the bed side. Dr. Kreget, court chaplain, who had been summoned from Ems, did not arrive in time to administer the last sacrament, Dr. Persius, therefore, ofEciated in this ceremony. Pastor Ragge was also present in the death a1&a,a oI~ s~so zRk kI,- sacrament and even to within fifteen min utes before his death the Emperor appeared to be quite conscious. He showed by the expression of his eyes and by the movements of his eyelids that he recognized all who ap- pfoached the bedside, relatives and others. A number of officials who had been sum- moned early in the evening reached the pal ace before death occurred. Among those present at the time the Emperor passed away were Herr Won Stolberg, Wernigrode, Gen. eral von Albedyll, Count Eulenberg, General Rauch, Count Radohn-Radvlinski, General Pape and General Lindequest.
 Prince Bismarck did not go to Potsdam from Berlin until after the meeting of the ministerial council, where he personally an- nounced the decease of the Emperor. The Emperor's remains will probably lie in state in the garrison church at Potsdam. By order of the Evangelical church council the bells will be tolled at specified hours for
 
 tant churches of the kingdom.
 Prince Bismarck and all the members of the ministry, the aides-de-camp and the off, -cers on duty were admitted this afternoon to the room in which the remains lie. The ser wants of the household and the soldiers. of the Lahr battalion were afterward allowed to enter and they paid their last tribute of re- spect to their master. The Empress, over whelmed with grief, has withdrawn to her apartments and is seen by no one. It is now stated that the remains will be inferred with the Friedenskirche beside those of Frederick ". The official attesta- tion of death and the cause of death was made this afternoon. The will of the de- ceased deposited in the archives of the min { ister of the household will be duly opened in presence of the minister of justice. The I issue of the proclamation of William I. to the nation is not expected until after the funeral The body reposss on the iron bed on which the Emperor expired. The body is enveloped in white shroud. Only the upper half of the face is visible. On the breast lies 2 wreath of laurel. The hands are joined and rest on the hift of a saber. At the foot of the bed stands table covered with flowers. Tho features wear an extremely peaceful ex- precision. A touching scene occurred at the bedside this morning while the Emperor's life was passing away. Bismarck had called to bid his dying mester farewell. The Emperor was thoroughly conscious, and taking the hand of the aged chancellor in his own feeble grasp and motioning to the Empress to draw nearer he took her hand and joined it with that of Bismarck, thus giving silent and pathetic token of his desire for 8 reeonciiia- tion of all differences between his wife and ! the prime minister.
 After the death cast has been taken the castle will be surrounded by thousand hus- sars and Uhlans. By order of the new Elm peror the cordon about the castle, which was ordered yesterday, was at o'clock this af- N ternoon dismissed, Nobody Is allowed to \ enter or leave the castle where the remains lie excepting a few privileged persons. All \ the soldiers have taken the oath of allegiance | to the new ruler. Before his death Emperof Frederick gave directions that. his remains should be inferred in the garrison church at Potsdam. Within an hour of the receipt of the news of the Emperor's death many houses ! were draped in black and many citizens ap- peared dressed in mourning gerb. Crowds \ collected on Unter den Linden carrying bou- quets yelled with crape.
 Frederick William Nicolas Charles, King
 of Prussia and Emperor of Germany, was ths eldest son of the late Emperor William, suc- ceedin9 him on March 9. He was born at Potsdam October 18, 1881, and entering the
 army he attained the rank of general. War
 broke out between Prussia and Austria in 1866. The Grown Prince during this wal
 
 passes of the .Sudetic Hills-a feat attended
 with great difficulties and considerable dan gers. By his brilliant generalship the army
 forced it's way through the mountains and
 successfully fought battles at Trautenan, Ma chod, Skalitz and Schweinscadel. While at \ tempting to unite his army with that ol Prince Frederick Charles, the force of tht
 latter was attacked by General Benedek
 which action resulted in the battle of Sadows
 (July 3, 1866.) In the midst of the battle unexpected by the Austrians. the Crowl
 Prince and his army appeared on the helt
 and striking the important point of the Aus ! trian position carried that vantage groune and decided the fortunes of the day.
 He took prominent part in the war be tween.France and Germany. In the latte part of 1870 he was on the Rhine frontier ant commanding the third German army,
 force consisting of 200, 900 men and 300 guns \ On the 4th of August he made vigorous at tack upon the position held at Weisssnbur by 6 portion of General MacMahon's arm
 commanded by Abel Douay. The Frencl were ferced back and dispersed. Two day
 later the Crown Prince followed up his vic tory of the 4th by attacking the united arm
 corps of Generals MacMahon, Failly an ! Canrobert, drawn up at Woerth in g stron defensive position along the slopes of th Nosges In spite of MacMahon's desperat
 cavalry onslaughts victory perched on th German arms. At the memorable batti fought near Sedan the extreme difficult op
 eration of crossing the river Mouse was cal 1t ried out under the Crown Prince's diret
 orders. He next made his way toward
 Paris, entered Versailles on u
 20th of SeptembersA threw add tional trenches around the capital and T
 mained near the invested city until the col
 clusion of peace On October 2S he ",
 made field marshal of Prussia, and Noven st Der 8 Russian field marshal. In 1878, ,whe
 the Emperor had been wounded by the a
 sassin Modelling, the Grown Prince was a
 pointed regent until his fathers recovery. 5. On January 25, 1858, he married Victor
 Adelaide, Princess Royal of Great Britai
 by whom he had seven children-Frederil a William Victor Albert, born January 3
 1859, Commonly called Prince William re Victoria Elizabeth Augusta Charlotte, bo
 July 24, 1860; Albert William Henry, bo
 August 20, 1869; Frederick Amelia W
 hemina Victoria, born April 12, 1Se
 Joachims Frederick Ernest Waldemar, bo
 February 10, 1868; Sophia Dorothy Ulri
 I Alice, born June 14, 1870, and Margal l Bsatrix Feodcre, born April g, 1872. 7. Unlike his father, the Emperor, and B
 marck, the Grown Prince was not 8 belle,
 in larea standing army, nor did he hopeI