Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-10
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depasses today Prime llinisses Orispi
sssd that The tiee connsesine the Isalisr
ano German dynassies and people. ths
identity q tntefesss they defended and
toe OBJECTS they bad achieved, CAUSED
sns Itaiiaoe 70 feet deeply The deaah Of
Empeeu1 william He pfc posed Shas
the peeaideos totefpres the seutimens.
OF the nation and that tie charh.P give
expfeesioo 70 their synpashy With th.
s1rscksn German people, and th.ir good
eisnes Tor the uev emperor. The pres
l0eue said that the 6sfmsn ambassador
bad jast visited him and hsd requested
Elm TO thank the chamber for the resent
vote Of sympsthy With the crown psisce.
| The coAnbsR. tie president said. shared
Gsrmany's grief, and greeted ths nev
eUpercs, trusting toas tne ties thai
osund The too natioos would never be
dissolved. The chamber adjourned till
Monday.
Ths Prince Of NAp!es and General
Vale. Dioieeef OF vas, will 20 TO Berlin
10 attend the funeral
The pope sene disratches last evenira
ana early todsy. asking for news Of she
emper0e. when the death Of tbs em-
pefor Vas announced, his holtness cent
message Of eondolspcs to Berlin.
PRlHcH DssGAncx 10 THR nRlcHsIAa.
The feiehseaa assembled st 1870
O'Clock, amid unusual excitement in
the lobbiee. All the tenches and GAL
leeies vere speedily alied. Prince Bic
march soon Appeared, and sfesR . slieht
pause be said: Tho sad duty devcives
upon me Of making 10 you an Official
Communication Of Vhss YOU knou
already; that since $50 o'clock bis
majesty Emperor william has been as
resi- With bic fathers. In censeq a aeuee
OF this event the Pfussian throne, apa
With this, socoFdipa 10 article eleven
OF the imperial constitution, the
imperial dignity has fallen upon
eis majesty, Frederick Thifa, king Of
Psussie. Telearaphic intelligence re
ceived By me allows Of the assumption
teas biz majesty, the reiepine en,perof
and king viii leave San Reno tomoR-
rae, arriving In due coutse In Berlin.
Daring the last days Of his life I re-
ceivtd from the much lameuted king q
condmatiou Of his power for vork
which snly left him with his life in the
signature which lies before me and EN-.
covers me to close the reichstae Whs
t,s labors are duished. IL 10 tne I'D |
dfese TO the emperor. To the request |
that he should sign only with the 0fss |
letters OF hts name, his majesty reel ed |
that be believed himself sIill able to |
write his name II full. Ia ceass Quence |
this historical document With the last |
SIGNATURE OF bis majesty lies before me. |
"Uuder the circumstances l aesu0s |
that 10 voald b IN accordance With she |
wisa Of the reiohstag. % cell - Of the
OF the federal govern
meot. not TO separate 1ust nov, bat 10
remain 10 session Until after the arrival |
OF his me jssty, the emperor. ], there
fore, do not make use OF the imperial
stion beyond depositing it 10
The Srchlves 40 q historical document.
and requesting yonH pres,dent 10 induce
the adoption OF Q resolution which Wiii |
n feet the feeling and conviction OF the
IL does not become me to
give from this official place expressiou
10 the personal feeling With which the
deoeass OF my master, the departure Of
the 6rst German emperor from our
midst, dlis me. There is. In fact, no
need Of Il for the feel pgs which ant.
N ate me live In the heart Of every Gar.
man, but there Is one thing
which I believe / should not CON
seal from you. Is dses not
,oucern my sentimsnts bot my expert.
suces. Il 10 the fact that amid the Wis
ltstions With which the ruler jns, de-
parted lived to see bis house afflicted
filled him With satisfaction and com
Tort. One Of them was the effect that
he sa6efiuR OF his only son and sac
npV rSxaank lxsA AaA 1
produced throughout the world. not
Ihs world. / received this very day /
from Nee York q telegram Of sympa
lhy showing What confidence She
: > nasty Of the imperial house has 40
10ired smopg all the nations. This 10
; legacy which the euperos's long reien
oeQuesths to the German people. Ths
will be Transferred 10 the ration despite
ths, has happened"
THE KxPERoR's LIFE
Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig Of the house
n Hohenx,llern, king Of Prussia and EN-.
peror OF Germany. was torn March 22.
1877. and had consequently, at the time of
his death. reached the ripe age OF ninety
Dne years. He was a son OF Frrderics
William LII and Queen Louise, and a great
grandson Of Frederick the Great. He was
brought up as a soldier and accompanied /
The armies shich over,hrew Napoleon Bon
opart in 1874. His early years were PASSED |
as q deputy in the national assembly, as
military governor OF The Rhine and West
phalia and later of the fortress OF Metz.
Owing 10 the illness of his brother, Frede
rick William Nv the reigning monarch oi
Prussia wh, had no children, William was
in 1858 formally installed as regent. and at
the formers death in January 1861, he sac
ceeded him a. king In l.63 he plsc q Bis /
marck at the head OF his cabinet and with |
the assistance Of Gen. Won Ro n, that re
organization Of the Prussian army was be- |
gun which paved the way for the splendid |
victories which marked the foilosing de- |
cade. His selections IL adsis r. were ia |
varably good and he stood by them aga n-t |
the opposition of the liberal element which |
at that time raised its voice in the Pfnssian |
Landiag. Tie hal been looked upon by |
Germans in general as q rexciionlsi. bu, |
his ideas were certainly more liberal than |
those Of his brother who preceded him
With Bismarck's subtle diplomacy, Austria |
was led to JOIN Prussia 10 the war against
Denmark ~i,h the result tha, the Danish
province. OF schse-wig and LauenbeEg be-
cam Prussian- von Aolike vas here n .cc
field mar.hal and chief of staa, aad Ia the
qaarrel for He.siein arose the var OF 1856.
10 which Prussia aad Italy shattered the
Austrian power 50 long predominant In
Earope King William. with smarck and
Won Ncltke. took an active part 10 the con
test. and the successive aud briiliAat vic
torres Of that short campaign raised the
king Of Prussia 10 the head Of the new
North German Confederation.
The new Reichsi2g vas opened on June
/. l-G7, aud Bismarck at once made chan
celiar OF the confederation. From this
time on the government was engaged with
reform measures In which the king sad ris
ministers foaght the advance OF liseraii.ni
resolaiely. although sh wing more progres-
sise eas than ever before. This period ol
qaiet eas sadteoly tfokea. aoseFrf. bY TIE
abaicstion et Qorea Iszbelia. ~ Spain. and
The elee,soa Of Prince Leopold OF Hobea-
~ lern - the vacant throne France. long
enviyns oi the grssing power oi Psa-ssi.
sax a prst-xt 70 0Tsr by xhsch beT a5thof-
sy 10 EaregeAn politics might Dc isgsiaed.
soc demanded OF King William that the
yoang prince reia-e ise 0s-r o. tie -Pssssh
=. al k.sass - H.