The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-06-21
GREAT EVENTS
Full Description of the Last
Hours of the Late En-
peror Frederick.
Stirring Address of William II to
the German Army-Oath
of Allegiance.

BERLIN, June 16.-After the emperor
questioned DR.. Howell regarding his pulse,
his breathing gradually became fainter
till it was scarcely perceptible. At 8
O'Clock person who came direct from
the bedside said: "All is over now; in a
few hours the last struggle will be at an
end" Crown Prince William had been
walking in the emperor's court yard,
stopping FROM time to time to look
toward the house. At 10 O'Clock DR.. Mac
kenzie stepped out of the emperor's room
AMI hurried toward the crown prince.
After few words both returned to the
sick room. The emperor's head was raised
on large pillows. His wan hands rested
on the coverlet.
DR.. Mackenzie stood between the bed
and table covered with instruments and
medicines. The crown prince stood OPP
posite him. The empress was seated at
the foot of the bed, but later she knelt
at the bedside and remained in this posi-
ton during the last hours, watching her
dying husbands faint gasps for breath &.
During the night the emperor had beck
oned her to his side. AS she bent over
him he murmured single word, then
short sentences, which she alone under
stood. At the foot of the bed knelt the
emperor's daughters, Prince Henry, and
his two daughters-in-!aw. The chaplain
softly murmured the litany.
The chief features of the room
are pictures showing the life of
Frederick the Great. Over the bed
was pen drawing of Fred
erick the Great as boy, which arrived a
few days ago. The empress had had it
copied from picture which Queen Louise,
of Prussia, sent. to King George. Itpleased
the emperor SO much that he kissed the
hand of the empress. The servants were
crowded about the doors, with bowed
heads and bated breaths,and from time to
time the litany was interrupted by half-re-
strained sobs-the most heart-rendering
being those of old Wendelin, who had
been the empsror's trusted servant since
his youth. He is quite Frustrated, and it
is not likely that he will survive the en-
perors long.
Every five minutes the doctors felt the
pulse. The expression on Doctor Mac
kenzie's face showed that it was weaken
ing. At times the pulse was suspended,
and the doctor was obliged to place his
ear close to the emperor's lips to detect
his breathing. At IL o'clock, Doctor Mac
kenzie made a sign to the empress who
fervently kissed the hand of the emperor.
At ten minutes past IL O'Clock Doctor
Mackenzie drew his watch and declared
all was over.
The crown prince gave whispered Or
ders to two adjutants, and left the room
at 1916 p. m, while the silent throngs
watched with bated breath. The standard
on the castle was placed at half mast.
When the emperor was awake his eyes
had such an eloquent expression that his
very thoughts seemed to be revealed. The
report that he had convulsive attacks 10
without foundation. After O'Clock,
Thursday, the emperor filled numerous
sheets of paper with remarks regarding
family and state affairs, the new sovereign,
himself, William II, and his consort, EN-
press Victoria Augusta.
The Votische Zeitung says OF the en-
peror:
"Not only for what he has done, hut for
what he caused others to do, he will con-
tinue to live as the German nations best
son, best husband, best father, best
citizen, best sovereign. He is gone: but
his name will shine like star 10 heaven,
as sure guide for the present and coming
generations"
THE NEW EMPERoR's ORDER.
BERLIN, June 16.-Emperor William II
has issued the following general order to
the army:
"While the army has only just discarded
the outward signs of mourning for the
Emperor and King William l, my deeply
revered grandfather, whose memory will
ever live in all hearts, 1t
has suffered fresh and heavy
blow by the death of my dear and warmly
loved father. This is, indeed, la serious
and sorrowful time in which Gods decree
places me at the head of the army, 1t is
from deeply grieved heart address my
first words to my army, but the confidence
with which I step into the place to which
Gods will calls me is immovably strong,
for know what sense of honor and duty
my glorious ancestors have implanted
in the army, and 1 know in
how great a measure this feeling
has, at all timesd been manifested
in the army. firm and
inviolable attachment to the "war
lord" is an inheritance handed down from
father to son, from generation to genera
ton, and in the same way l refer you to
my grandfather, who stands fresh in your
memories, as the personifcaton of the
glorious and venerable "war lord" such as
could not be more finely conceived, or, in
a form speaking to the heart. refer
you to my beloved.father, who, as crown
prince, had already won place of honor
in the annals of the army, and to
the long line of glorious ancestors
whose names have shone brightly in his
tory, and whose hearts beat warmly for
the army. Thus we belong to- each other
I and the army. Thus we were born for
one another and thus we will stand to-
gether in an indissoluble bond in peace
or storm, as God may will it. You will
now take to me the oath of fidelity and
obedience, and swear ever to remember
that the eyes of my ancestors will look
down from the other world, and that
shall one day have to render an account
of the glory and honor of the army.
Signed WILLIAM FREDERICK.
ADDRESS TO THE NAVY.