Daily Kennebec journal., 1888-03-09
His Condition Not Very Much
Changed.
He Still Lies in an Unconscious State,
Slowly Sinking.
His Reported Death Denied by Later
Advices and Bulletins.

and was very weak this morning. During
the morning he was in half sleeping condi-
ton, waking now and then and gazing about.
After taking nourishment he appeared q
little stronger and reused up somewhat.
He recognized his daughter.
At noon all the members of the Imperial
Family except their own Prince and Crown
Princess, were in the room adjoining that
occupied by the Emperor.
AT II 20 Chaplain Roegal gave the last
sacrament to the Emperor. The Emperor
was occasionally delirious before noon.
The Emperor died at & ~ p. NJ.
STILL LATER.
The official bulletin issued at 9 o'clock
this evening announces that the Emperor
lives and his whole condition is more tran
quill. The bulletin reassured the people,
who were intensely excited by the reports of
his death which have been published in the
newspaper extras.
LATER YET.
Bulletin.-Berln at . :20P 7. NJ. The re-
report of the Emperor's death proves prema-
ture. The latest intelligence from the
palace is that the Emperor is still alive
though unconscious.
LONDON, March ..
At 2.20 b. NJ. no official report of the
death of Emperor William had reached the
German Embassy.
The News at London.
LATEST.
LONDON, March ..
The Queen received telegram stating that
Emperor William lay in a swoon from to 6,
Thursday afternoon, then slept quietly anoth-
q honr also that no 10 abla tn t.t
nourishment. There was intense excitement
in the lobbies of Parliament over the re-
ports from Berlin. The House adjourned at
the usual hour. A bulletin from Berlin saws
the Emperor was conscious at a late hour
last night.
SECOND DESPATCH
LONDON, March ..
2 A. M.-There has been four or five
hours delay in the receipt of dispatches
from Berlin owing to the crowded condition
of the wires by the immense num-
Der of messages sent. The rumor of the
Emperor's death was caused by the fainting
between and Thursday afternoon.
Kaiser William Family Attend Spec
ial Service OF Prayer
BERLIN, March 8.
A divine service was held in the palace to-
day at p NJ. All the members of the
royal family, court dignataries and members
of the household. Hundreds of people stood
bareheaded IN the rain outside the palace
and Joined in the prayers offered by Chap
lain Koeger. The Emperor is continually
growing weaker. The doctors have tried to
inject morphine and administer stimuants
mechanically. This morning the Emperor
tried to sit up in bed and shook hands with
the empress who was sitting at his bedside
but unable to speak to her. The courage of
the empress is admirable. Ill and weak her
self, and broken with sorrow and grief, her
efforts to cheer and console her husband
have increased.
Latest from Berlin
BERLIN March 0.
IA M.-The Emperor continued to i'm
prove since early last evening, and at this
hour he is sleeping soundly and all is quiet
at the palace. He has taken substantial food
of oysters and eggs with little champagne
and sherry and seemed to have a good ap-
petite. At A. NJ. his pulse has fallen from
ll6 to 90. His breathing is regular and
when awake he is fully conscious showing an
interest in things going on around him. At
. o'clock Prince Bismarck and Prince Will
liam paid him brief visit. Later he spoke
to Due hess Baden and expressed regret that
he was "causing so much trouble
The Emperor's Condition.
BERLIN, March 8.
At A. NJ the Emperor spoke few
words to Prince William about the impend-
ing drill of the Guards, but in rambling
manner. Bismarck tried to speak to him
but it was useless. The Emperor soon fell
into a swoon, and his pulse, which was usu-
ally 81, rose to l0o. He had fever. About
noon he became conscious and the sacra-
ment was administered. The ringing of the
church bells to announce the administering
of the sacrament, caused the people to be-
lieve that death had come. The report that
the Emperor was dead caused great excite
ment. The papers that published the report
will be prosecuted. The telegraph offices
tonight are thronged with people. and were
obliged to revoke previous messages annOunc-
ing the Emperor's death.
Emperor William was perfectly conscious
at Z. NJ, when he sent for Prince Bis
marck and conversed with him twenty min
utes. Bismarck was reassured by the en-
peror's display of vitality, then drove to
Reichstag, and presided at the council OF
Ministers, which was followed by meeting
of the Bundesrath, whence he
returned direct to the palace at o'clock
At 10 o'clock tonight the people outside the
palace were wedged together in a dense
crowd The people refused to believe the
denial of the Emperor's death, thinking the
| fact was being concealed.
| Latest Account.
LONDON, March o.
| Conflicting kilograms concerning Emperor
William caused great excitement and con
fusion at all European capitals yesterday
Special dispatches from Berlin were every
where devoured and embassies besieged.
! At the German Embassy in this city was
a continuous, line Of carriages the whole
day long was filed with peers, ambassador
and commoners, anxious to know the rea
state of the dying monarch.
| BULLETINS