Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-11
A DOLEFUL DAY.
Germany Grief-Stricken at
Her Great Loss.
BERLIN DRAPED IN MOURNING.
Expressions of Sympathy from
France-Frederick En- Route
to the Capital.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD

BERLIN, March 10.-Funeral ser
vices were held over the remains o
Emperor William in the mortuary
chamber in the palace last evening
The chamber was profusely decorated
with flowers. Dowager Empress Au
gusta, Grand Duke and Duchess o.
Baden, Crown Prince and Crown
Princess of Sweden and other royal
personages attended the services. The
body OF the Emperor lies in the same
position which the Monarch occupied
when he expired. A crucifx lays
upon his breast and an ivory cross in
his right hand. Chaplain Egl, in his
sermon, alluded to the moment when
the Empress Augusta held the hand
OF her dying consort.
After the services, the late EN-
peror's aide de camp, Lieut.. Gen.
Lehndorff, acted as a guard OF honor
at the dead Monarch's couch. The
municipal authori les will wear mourn
in! for six weeks.
All the newspapers with the single
exception of the VolksbIaH are pnb
lished with deep borders of black.
THE LYING-IN-sTATE.
The body Of the Emperor will re-
main ia the mortuary chamber until
the requiem service in the fag-room
to-day, which will be attended by
members OF the royal family and
their suites, Prince Bismarck, Count
Won Moltke and the chief Court Off
cials. Later the body will be taken TO
the Cathedral, where it viii lie in
state by Emperor Frederick s order in
accordance with the desire of the
deceased ruler. The body will be clad
in the uniform OF the First Regiment
Guards and will be enveloped in a
military cloak.
The guard of honor will be relieved
every six hours. The Victoria and
Charlotten castle rooms have
been allotted to Countess Perponcher,
two aidesde-camp, Herr Won Seek
endorff and Drs. Mackenzie, Howell
and Schroeder. Irincesses Victoria
Sophia and Margaret will reside at
Emperor Frederick's palace in Berlin.
TIE FINAL CEREMONIES.
Regarding the funeral Of the Emp
eror and other ceremonies nothing
has been settled yet, as all depends
upon the orders Of the new Emperor.
The will will not be opened before the
Emperor's arrival here, but it trans
pired that Emperor William express
ed the wish that his funeral should be
without any pomp.
The city presented yesterday a
scene of deep mourning. Sorrow
was depicted on every face, and the
streets, especially those near Linden
avenue, wore very mournful ap-
pearance. 1t was a quarter to when
the news was first made known to the
crowd. At first the news was not be-
lieved, but when the purple imperial
standard was seen to be at halt-mast
there was no longer room for doubt
From this moment the crowd began
swelling rapidly and in quarter OF an
hour living mass OF several thou
sand stood on the Unter den Linden
and thousands more came hurrying tC
the spot from all parts of the city.
DErP EMOTION WAS VISIBLE
On the faces OF all, but it was evident
that the event had been long ex.
pected, and that the people were pre-
pared for it, The crowd soon in
creased 10 such an extent that detach
ments of police were sent off to the
palace, and they closed the Unter der
Linden and the square in front of the
palace to traffic and pedestrians. On
the palace the purple standard was
flying at half mast, but on the Grown
Princes palace there was no flag. All
at once, at IL o'clock, the imperia
standard rose slowly. Window.
were opened and there seemed to be
great preparations going on for The
reception of the new Emperor.
Extra editions OF newspapers which
gave detailed accounts of the En-
peror's last hours were rapidly sold,
and the shrill cries of news-venders
made strange contrast to the general
silence and the sadness. A few min
utes before 10 o'clock cannon shots
were heard. 1t was
THE MOURNING SALUTE
OF the army, which rolled like thun
der over the city, while the church
bells tolled solemly. Meanwhile car
riage after carriage brought differen
persons OF rank who came to offel
their coincidence to the unhappy
Empress.
The body OF Emperor William hal
been enbalmed and now lies in stat'
in the hall of the Palace. His features
are placid showing no signs of th'
pain he suffered.
MEETING OF THE BUNDEsRATH.
Before the Reichstag opened to-da,
the Bundesrath met. Prince Bis
marck, with great emotion, alluded
to the death of the Emperor in term
similar to those which he used in the
Reichstag yesterday. He special,
confirmed the statement made yester
day inregard to the Emperor's dyin.
illusions to Austria and Russia, re
ferring to Emperor Frederick's acces
sion to the throne and the transfer O
the imperial dignity connected there
with.
Prince Bismarck said that the new
Emperor, like his late father, woult
take as his guiding principle a con
scientous maintenance Of the constitu
ton of the empire and the treaties OF
which it is based, and in which EN-
peror Frederick will count upon thu
cooperation of his allies.
Herr Won Lochenfeld expressed t.
Prince Bismarck the condolences o
the Bundesrath, and asked him tt
communicate them to Emperor Fred
erick.
A MILITARY OBSERVANCE.
The soldiers took the oath of alleg
lance to the new Emperor to-day. Tn,
Court has gone into mourning TO
three months, commencing yesterday
It is stated that Emperor Frederick