Connecticut western news., 1888-03-21
THE KAISER'S FUNERAL.
The Berlin Cathedral Crowded With
 Royal Princes.

The dec orations in the city were not com pleted til late in the afternoon. All the side streets were filled with trade processions, and the Linden sidewalks were packed with per- feet crush of spectators, while the scaffoldings were being knocked away all the length of the street. sThe grand arch at Friedrichstrasse revealed the huge pavilion of crapo with strik- ing white trappings, royal initials and devices, the whole surmounted by an immense impe- stuff between the obelisks marking the route of the processson were twined with evergreen. Barges moored in the spaces on both sides of the Schloss bridge were mounted with black sails fancifully trimmed with white and gold decorations. On the front of the Domkirche the decorations consisted of big panels of black cloth with the imperial initials and eagles dot ted in white; also, large medallions on either side of the portol, with sheaves of wheat and big initial under spread eagle, all in gold. Over the portal projected a large canopy. The Lustgarten opposite was hidden from view from the Dom steps by forest of evergreens | erected for the occasion.
 The cavalry, which was first on the scene, | ranged in squadrons in the space in front of I the Sehloss. Then the First Regiment of Foot Guards, with strange mitre hats, with | plated brass fronts, like those worn by the Hessians in our Revolution, took their places swiftly followed, and long before II the livelier equipages of the great ones of the earth began | to crowd up to the east postern.
 Inside the Dom was filled by II, and there | were constant arrivals for half an hour follow ing By noon the scene inside the church was strangely and wonderfully impressive. The | greatness of the dead man, the greatness of the | living representatives of all the royal families of Europe gathered about the Hohenzollern bier, the dim church, the hushed multitude and the blackness of death, contrasting with the brilliant uniforms, the glittering drawn swords, and the Chamberlain's blazing decora- | tions, made one of the most remarkable his torical pictures Europe has ever seen.
 The light from the great rectangle of light | ed candles in two tiers opposite the head of the | casket fell softly on the most remarkable gath ering of mourners that ever met at funeral. | Next to the catafalque of the il ustrious dead interest centered upon the lines of princey mourners, stretching ill half-moon shape ill | front of the altar and seated on cushioned chairs. The family group was made up ot Kaiser Frederick's two sons, William and Henry l his son-in- law, Bernhard of Saxe-Meinigen his nephew, the Grown Prince of Sweden his brother-in-law, the Grand Duke ot | Baden, and his cousins, Albert, Regent of Brunswick, and Prince Leopold of Prussia. More remote relatives present were the King of Roumania and Princes Leopold and Karl of Hohenzollern, the hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg, the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and the Prince of Saxe-Alten- burg. All these were attired in uniforms of the various branches of the German service, mainly Prussian, all respiendent with colors and decorations. On either side of these were the more important royal visitors, including l the King of the Belgians; his lrother, the Count of Flanders, in the uniform of the Hanoverian dragoons; the young Prince Baldwin; the King of Saxony in a Field Marshal's dress, and his brother Prince George, nephew of Prince Frederick Augustus; the Arch Duke Rudolph, Grown Prince or Austria in the uniform of Prussiar Major General of the Guard; the Prince o1 Wales, dressed in blue. as Colonel of the En glish Horseguards; Prince Albert Victor in the blue uniform of the French Hussars; the Duke of Cambridge in the brilliant red of an English Field Marshal; the elderly Crown Prince of | Denmark in Danish Generals uniform and the Duke of Coimbra, who is Q brother tc the King of Portugal, in the dress of Portu guese General of division. The pale young Czar evitch, who is a new figure in Western Europe and who was eyed with the utmost curiosity wore Russian uniform, but his two handsome great uncles, the Grand Dukes Nicholas an6 Michael, appeared i'll the dress, respectively, o the Prussian Cuirasseurs and the Silesian Illus
 sars. The still younger Crown Prince of It al, and his uncle, Amadeus, Duke of Aosta, botl
 wore Italian uniforms. Gen. Billet was the only commander in this throng, and was the solitary reminder in the church of the existence of such a uniform as the French
 Promptly at noon, the Oberhofprediger, Dr
 Kcegel in black gown and bands began tht services. He made brief address in strong fine voice, and then read the passage: ssI an tho Resurrection and the Life" The mag nifcent male and female Dom choir theI chanted hymn, while all in the church rose The service which followed was not unlike the English ritual, but it was acclaimed not intoned, and the choir music was grander than in the usual Prot
 estant service. Dr. Koegel spoke and reat with genuine eloquence and much emotion, al
 became the friend and intimate of the deceased monarch The spectacle was wonderfully strik ing looking from the rear of the church ove
 sloping wall of heads to the altar with its mas
 of candles on either side, lighting up the guart of plumed soldier Princes under the flag O.
 Prussia at the foot of the coffin, the black
 gowued preiates and Ministers of State at tho sides and the row on TOW of Princes in uni
 forms ard jewels in front.