Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-06-29

In 1873, when the Emperor had been
wounded by the assassin Modelling, the Crown
Prince was appointed Regent until his
fathers recovery.
On January %, 1853, he married Victoria
Adelaide, Princess Royal Of Great Britain,
by whom he had seven children-Frederick
William Victor Albert, born Jan %, 1853
commonly called Prince William; Victoria
Elizabeth Augusta Charlotte, born July "a,
1860; Albert William Henry, born Aug. 20,
1862; Frederick Amelia Wilhelmina Victoria,
! born April II, 1866; Joachim Frederick Err
nest Wa'demar, born Feb 10, 1863; Sophia
| Dorothy Ulrica Alice, born June II, 1870,
| and Margaret Beatrix Feodore, born April
| %, 1872.
In person the Crown Prince was an e1cep-
tionally stinguishs = loo ing man. Re
| wore full beard. winch during the latter
| part of his life, had turned from brown to
! gray; his face purely German in type;
massive head, light eyes, square jaw and
rather large mouth characteriZing him. In
his youth he was slight and described as
sickly, but he grew to tall, stalwart man
/ hood.
Frederick III. was in an almost dying con-
| dition at the time he succeeded his father,
and, although conflicting reports of his i'm
provement have appeared since then, there
was never any chance of his recovery.
The Emperor's Funeral
A special cablegram from Potsdam to the
! New York Sun gives the following graphic
account of the Emperor Frederick's funeral:
| Before daylight the people were ranged in
! double rows along the line of march. AS the
morning wore on the crowds grew until the
people stood thirty-two deep by actual count
| In front of my window.
! The bells tolled constantly, and the streets
We're strewn so thickly with laurel that it
| looked like green carpet, and the scent was
strong in the air. Endless ROY WIS of whitehall
uhlans lined the route and gorgeously capar-
lsOned officers frequently gallOped to and fro
The most notable feature of the day was
the extraordinary good nature of the crowd.
1C was wonderfully different from the crowd
that watched Emperor Williams funeral.
On that occasion sOlemnitY rywhere,
and many Of the people cried as though they
had lost a dear friend as the old Kaiser was
carried by. 1t was all very different to-day.
1t might have been almost holiday but for
the fast showerings of rain and bedraggled
Grape.
The route of the funeral procession was dec
Grated by an endless amount of black Grape.
and though the rain left it bedraggled ana
stringy, the general effect was gloomy and
solemn enough to satisfy the most punctiliOus
observers Of Court etiquette. Many people
besides the workmen stood out all night in the
rain to gain advantageous places for viewing
the funeral, and the changing of all the bells
in Potsdam at O'Clock this morning
relief to them, for it showed that their hours
OF torture were ended.
The procession started early, before 10
o'clock, and wound its way from the Fried
rlchskron Palace through the park and Bran
denburg gate to the Church of Peace, where
the EmperOr'S son is buried, and where he
insisted that his remains were to be placed,
instead OF in the mauSOleum where his ia
nous father lies
The park was entirely surrounded by a
strong military guard and no one was al
lowed to enter Forty men of the Gardes
du Corps in white uniforms and their mag
nif1cent gold and brass trappings and mount
ed on black horses, led the procession: They
were followed by two royal courers old
servants of his late Majesty, and after them
came the clergy, two marshals a group of
imperial servants, pages of the court, the
chamberlainS, and following them with slow
steps were Sir Morell Mackenzie and five
other physicians Of the dead Emperor
After the physicians came group Of mar
shals, and then the insignia of the imperial
dignity, the electoral sword, which was car
ried by Minister ScholZ and Count Herbert
Bismarck; the electoral hat, carried by Min
lister Won Gossler; and the chain of the Black
Eagle worn by Won BOetticher; the imperial
seals, in charge of the Won Friedberg, and
the various other accOutrements of the dead
Emperor's exalted station.
A group of Ministers of State and other i'm
perial assistants of the late Emperor walked
in a motley group behind the embems of
royalty. After them came the catafalque
drawn by eight horses, each of which was led
by a Colonel of the Guard.
Four Generals of the army, with their
breasts loaded with the highest decorations
of the Empire, carried the four corners of |
the robe which covered the catafalque.
Twelve Major Generals held the black robe !
of the canopy which covered the coffin.
Six Lieutenant Generals followed in the |
wake Of the catafalque, and at the side |
marched twelve Colonies, who represented |
the different body regiments of the Emperor. |
some wearing the sombre dark blue of the !
Prussian Infantry, others the snowy light |
blue, green and gold of the Hussars.
The Emperor's favorite horse which he |
rode at Sedan came next. The Imperial !
banner was borne aloft by Field Marshal !
Won Blumenthal, after whom came the EN-
peror William and the King of Saxony,
Prince Henri of Prussia, the Prince of
Wales, looking very much aged since his |
last visit; the Grand Duke of Hesse. Prince !
Leopold Of Bavaria, and hundreds of other !
princely personages.
The foreign Ambassadors followed, and
two squadrons of cavalry closed the process
sion. The troops formed a continuous file !
from the castle to the church on both sides Of
the street, making living walls OF soldiers,
through which the funeral passed
When the cortege reached the church the
physicians ranged themselves either side
of the entraace The imperial ensigns were
placed on benches near the coffin, which was
lifted from the funeral car by the twelve
Colonies and carried to the altar. 1t was
by the royal family, Princes and
The choir intoned hymn as
the imperial remains were carried into the
and the court preacher Koegel, pro-
fbo bopo1iotiOO whilst the in ia ntrV |