The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-22
LAID AT REST.
FUNERAL OF EMPEROR WIZ.
LIAM.
Hundreds of Thousapa, visw tho
Proccshon---The Empty saddle
Gloss to the Royal Izerse,

BERLIN, March i6s'Tho obsequies of the
Kaiser William wero probably tho most inn
pressive ever given to European mon'
arch, People from ell parts of Germany
gathered by thousands to witness thepageant
and to pay tributes to tho memory of tho
honored emperor. Balls wore not attain
able in Berlin at any price and many hun
dreds walked the streets of the city al night
| for want Of shelter though tie thermometer
stood at 10 neansur Before daybreak vast
crowds ilocked TO the route of the funeral
procession, so that, when at o'clock the cor
porations and guilds which were to keep
the lines c,me out they found it almost i'm
possible to clear the streets of the
route, Tho crtege presented an
imposing aspect peculiarly appropriate to
the reverence and tho sorrow OF the people.
Every building was draped in black, and
hung with portraits and busts of the deceased
emperor, surrounded 10y mourning eniblems
Massive pillars, covered with sable
stutfs. and snrmounted by crape-veiled
Pfussian eagles stood ut every street
crossing. The lamp posts, with covered
lighted lamps, were all draped with Grape,
And at every hundred feet stood lofty cam
aelabra bearing flaming cressats The road
way was carpeted with ilr branches The
facade of the cathedral was concealed by q
huge structure covered with black, and
| at the entrance stood "A colossal statue draped
in Grape, representing the Saviour pro-
nouncing n benedction. The Braudenburg
cato was thoroughly draped i'll black, and in
the square in front, the great arch was SIM
ilarly treated, and Upheld the inscription,
God bless you.n
The procession formed, with the Crown
Prince William standing in the middle OF
having at his side the kings of
| Saxony, Belgium and Rounania, be-
hind whom were the Grand Duke Of Baden,
Princes Henry and Albrecht and other
| princes of the royal house of Prussia, Aus
/ trian Crown Prince Rudolph, the Care
witch, Grand Dukes Michael and Nicholas,
the Prince of Wales the Crown Princes of
Italy, Denmark and Greece, the princes of,
Bavaria, the Grand Duke of Hesse and other
princely mourners. The coffin was Ii ted by
IL colonies and borne to the elaborate fu-
neral car, drawn by eight horses, each led by
a staff officer, and tho cortege began its
progress for Charlottenburg, amid the toll
ing of the city bells. The Empress of
Germany sat on the left of the coffin; the
Dowager Empress was not present. All the
arrangements were long ago settled by the
lead monarch. The royal hearse entered
the castle court just before IL o'clock. 1t
is an immense structure drawn by eight
horses. Lieutenants and sergeants held tho
pail; equcrries led the horses. Meanwhile the
soldiers occupied the Linden-a solid wall of
$1,000 military and semi-military stretched
from the cathedral to the mausoleum on both
sides of the way. Tho procession moved sys-
tematically along. The marshals livery and
aquerry servants of the great emperor came
slowly into view. Following them were do
nestle officials and then the higher officials
Of the court, his lettering old private secre-
tary, Bork; his pages in red and silver, his
physicians, Lauer, Lethold and Simon, who
kept up the vital flame of the emperor with
| oysters, champagne and extract of beef so
long. Then came red coated mar
shals with slaves. There were 400 of
these personal attendants of the
Illus riouS dead. Next came the heavy and
ma jestic portion Of the parade-the imperial
crown ministers, Gopher, Scholf, Bottscher,
! Luricos, Friedborg, Bronsart, Won Schelen-
| dorf and Maybach, marching with tho
snowy insignia of the crown. Then very cd
princes followed as cup bearers, stewards,
equerries, and so on. Then came the great
hearse, only now the horses were lie | by lieu
| tenant-colonels. -Four generals who bore the
order of the Black Eagle held the corners of
the pail. They were very old-looking men,.
Twelve majorgenerals walked behind the
hearSe, ana after them II stall officers.
sadd! lie horse that followed without q rider
was the emperor's old charger and pet, that
he rode less than two years ago at review,
Following the horse were three old generals,
carrying the standard of the empire. Then
came a sight that was almost too much for
European eyes-three kings and innumerabe
princes following on foot the chariot Of the
dead, ambassadors, generals and followers
Of royalty ilocked along by hundreds, many
of them possessed of world.
famous names. There were COM
panies of petty princes, Knights of the Black
Eagle, members of the Diet and eminent &C.
rIesastics. Twenty groups followed, COM
posed of every clement that goes to make up
a great state. AS the distinguished guests ar
rived at the arch at the end of the Linden,
they got into carriages and were driven
Three miles to the mausoleum, and there
waited until the hearse with its famous bur-
den arr we'd. Then the dead war entombed
and the great funeral was over