Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-01-10
GRIEF IN THE ROYAL FAMILY
The Dowager Empress Augusta of Ger
many Passes Away.
Yesterday Afternoon the Dread sum
mons Reached Her.
Influenza Snapped the Frail Strings
of Her Life.

BERLIN, Jan. 7.-Augusta, dowager
empress of Prussia for sixty years the
beloved consort of the late Kaiser Will
lam, died at 4 clock this afternoon at the
palace.
The dowager empress has been far from
strong for some time, the prostrating blow
of the death of her own husband followed
so closely by that of her son, the young
Emperor Frederick, having completely
broken her down. No alarm for her has
been felt, however until within a day or
two. The dowager empress was among
the first people in Berlin to contract the
Russian influenza, and this was followed
by a serious pulmonary trouble that soon
wore away the patti ent S strength.
While grave fears have been entertained
for the life 20 the dowager empress for
the past thirty-s;t hours, it was not until
today that it became certain that the end
was at hand. Then the Emperor William,
grandson of the dying empress, and the
young empress were summoned to the
death chamber. Others present were
Crown Prince William and Prince Freder-
ick and the Grand Duke and Grand Duches
of Baden, son-in-law and daughter re-
spectiveiy of the dowager empress. Count
Won Moltke left the palace at noon. He
was much affected at her alarming condi-
ton A large crowd assembled in Inter
den Linden before the palace and much
sympathy was shown for the dying en-
press.
The dOwager empress was the daughter
of Grand Duke Charles Frederick of Sake
Weimar and her mother was a daughter
of Paul l., emperor of Russia. She was
brought up at the court OF her grandfather,
Charles Augustus, the friend of Goethe,
Her elder sister, Marie, married Prince
Charles, of Prussia, and she married the
Prince brother, the late Kaiser William.
on June II, 1929. She attended persist
emily to the education of her two children.
the late Emperor Frederick and Princess
Louisa.
The dowager empress was greatly re-
spected for her love of science, letters and
art and for her generous disposition, dis
played especially in l870-71 in labors for
relief of the wounded soldiers. In 1872
she founded at Charlottenburg a seminary
for the education of orphan daughters of
officers who fell in the war, and designed
and erected buildings for the poor of Ber-
lin after the plan of those of Mr.. Peabody
in London.
The death of Empress Augusta wa! an
nounced to the people by lowering the I'M
perial standard from its place over the
palace, The empress passed away peace
fully, surrounded by all her near relatives.
As the end came the mourners knelt
around the bed and the court chaplain Of
fered prayer and then blessed the remains
Emperor William and the empress
soon after left the chamber. Early
in the morning the doctors perceived
there was no hope of saving the empress
life. She had suffered from influenza for
three days and bore the malady so well
that Monday night recovery was looked
upon as certain. But in the course of the
night pneumonia developed and presented
a crisis too great for her remaining
strength. Reichsanzeiger says the EN-
peror and the whole imperial family a,e in
the deepest affiiction at the sad event