Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-03-23
LAID AT REST.
FUNERAL OF EMPEROR VIII
LIAM.
Hundreds of ThOusaPd, View th-
e>'-----Ths Empty saddle
Close to the Royal Iserse.

BERLIN, March 16.-The obsequies of the
Kaiser William were probably the most i'm
pressiye ever given to a European m IN
arch. People from all parts Of Germany
gathered by thousands to witness the pageant
and to pay tributes to The memory of the
honored emperor. Bells were not attain
able in Berlin at any price, and many hun
dreds walked the streets of the city all night
for want of shelter, though the thermometer
stood at 10 Relmur Before daybreak vast
crowds flocked to the route of tho funeral
procession, so that, when at 9 o'clock the cor
porations and guilds which were to keep
tho lines c,me out, they found it almost i'm
possible to clear the streets of the
route. The c1rtege presented an
imposing aspect peculiarly appropriate to
the reverence and the sorrow of the people.
Every building was draped in black, and
hung with portraits and busts of the deceased
emperor, surrounded by mourning emblemS
Massive pillars, covered with sable
stuffs and surmounted by crape-veiled
Prussian eagles stood at every street
Crossing. The lamp posts, with covered
lighted lamps, were all dl..11peG with Grape
And at every hundred feet stood lofty can.
delabra bearing flaming cressets The road
way was carpeted with fir branches The
facade of the cathedral was concealed by a
huge structure covered with black, and
at the entrance stood II colossal statue draped
in Grape, representing the S.viour pro-
nouncing benediction. The Brandenburg
gate was thoroughly draped in black, and in
the square in front, the great arch was SIM
ilarly treated, and upheld the inscription,
"God bless you"
The procession formed, with the Crown
Prince William standing in the middle of
the nave behind the imperial standard,
having at his side the kings of
Saxony, Belgium and Roumania, 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 colonels and borne to the elaborate fu-
neral car, drawn by eight horses, each led by
staff officer, and the 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
dead monarch. The royal hearse entered
the castle court just before II o'clock. 1t
is an immense structure drawn by eight
horses. Lieutenants and sergeants held the
pail; equerries led the horses. Meanwhile the
soldiers occupied the Linden-a solid wall of
$4,000 military and semi military stretched
from the cathedral to the mausoleum on both
sides of the way. The processio moved sys-
tenn ttically along. The marshal's liv ry and
equerry servants Of the great emperor came
plo lxyt t,,fN
nestle officials and then the higher officials
of the court, his tottering 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 tho
illus 'riouS dead. Next came the heavy and
majestic portion of the parade-the imperial
crown ministers, Gopler, Scholf, BottScher,
Luricos, Friedberg, Bronsart, Won Schelen-
dorf and Maybach marching with the
snowy insignia of the crown. Then very o'd
princes fo lowed as cup bearers, stewards,
equerries, and so on. Then came the great
hearse, only now the hors IS 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 major-generals walked behind the
hearse, and after them ~ staff officers. A
sadd le horse that followed without a rider
was the emperor's old charger and pct, 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 sight that was almost too much for
European eyeS-three kings and innumerable
p inces following on foot the chariot of the
dead, ambassadors, generals and followers
of royalty focked along by hundreds, many
of them possessed Of world
famous names There were COM
panies of petty princes, Knights of the Black
Engle, members of the Diet and emirent &C.
clesastics. Twenty groups fol owed, COM
posed of every element that goes to make up
great state. As the distinguished guests ar
rived at the arch at the end of the Linden,
they got into carr iages AMI were driven
three miles to the mauSoleum and there
waited until the hearse with its famous bur
len arr we'd. Then the dead was entombed
and the great funeral was over