The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-03-09
SALT LAKE CITY UTAH FRIDAY MARCH 9. 1883

element IN the Hobbies of Parliament
; over the reports from Berlin. The
House adjourned at the usual hour.
The report is current that the foreign
Office / ad a bulletin saying the En-
peror was conscious at late hour last
night.
BERLIN, March 8.-During the after
noon sitting of the Re!chsteg, Prince
Bismarck received an urgent sum, ons
to hasten to the palace. The doctors
have not abandoned all hope of the
Emperor's recovery.
THE LATEST FROM FATHERLANp.
LONDON, March 90 a.m.-There is
four or five hours delay in tae receipt
of dispatches from Berlin, owing to the
crowded condition of the wires by the
immense number of messages sent. It
appears now as it tie announcement of
Emperor Williams Geath was due to
the fainting spell with which the
! Emperor was seized between and 6
O'Clock in the afternoon, which had
every appearance of the final collapse.
Ali the Berlin papers announced the
death OF the Emperor late in the after
noon.
The Prince of Wales and Lord Ais
bury were closated with the Queen, last
night, until IL 80 O'clock The result of
the conference is not known. The
Queen will return to Windsor in the
morning. The Queens drawing
room" and the silver wedding fetes of
! the Prince and Princess of Wales have
been cancelled.
BERLIN, March 81. a. m.-The i'm
|
continues. He is sleeping soundIy, and
his breathing is regular. He has taken
substantial food and appears 10 have q
good appetite. He was given oysters
aud eggs and a little champagne and
| sherry. His pulse has fallen from 1l6
to 96. When awake he is fully con-
scious, showing an interest in what is
passing around him. He asked the
Grand Duchess of Baden, who sat by
his bed, whether she had already
dined, and with whom, and thea
asked why she had not dined
with the Empress. He expressed regret
that he was causing SO much trouble"
Whether or not the improvement il
| the Emperor's condition is permanent
depends upon how he passes the small
hours. Many of the princes ave now
left the palace. This morning. the EN-
peror tried to sit up in bed He shook
hands with the Empress, who was
seated by his bedside, but was unable to
speak to her. The courage and de-
VotiOn of the Empress are admirable
III and weak herself. and broken with
sorrow and grief, her efforts to cheer
and console her husband have been IN
casing.
At g. m. the Emperor spoke few
words to Primes William about the I'M
pending drill OF guards, but in a
wandering manner.
Prince Bismarck tried to speak 10
him, but it was useless. The Emperor
soon fell into swoOn and bis pulse,
which is usually 81, rose to los, and he
had fever.
About mid day, he became conscious
and sacrament was administered.
Silent crowds stood outside the palace
throughout the day. The scene was
deeply impressive one.
The Emperor fell into such q state of
collapse at ) o'clock that the end was
believed to be near, but he rallied at 6
o'clock and took nourishment and
wine. The report of his death created
the widest excitement. The papers
that published the report Will be prose-
cuted.
AZ IL U CHUCK lO-ulRQG, GQe people
outside the palace were wedged to-
gether in dense crowd. The people
refused to believe the denial of the
Emperor's death, thinking the fact was
being concealed.
LONDON, March 9.-Conficting tele-
grams concerning the condition of
Emperor William caused great excite
ment and confusion in ali the Euro
pean capitals yesterday. The special
dispatches from Berlin were every
where devoured and the embassies were
besieged by eager inquiries.
At the German embassy in this city,
there was continuous line of carriages
the whole day long filed with princes,
peers and cOmmoners, anxious to know
the real state.
BERLIN, March 9.-At 2 o'clock this
morning all was quiet in the palace, and
the Emperor was sleeping soundly.
There seemed to be some improve
ment. The Empress aud Grand Duchess
of Baden remained with him through
out the night.
THE FEELING ELSEWHERE.
MADRID, March ga painful feeling