The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-12
GERMANY'S NOBLE DEAD.
IMPOSING FUNERAL CEREMONIES
OVER EMPRESS AUGUSTA.

A Repetition of the Services Over
Emperor William The Royal
Mourners-E Exquisite Floral Tributes.
Charities Of the Late Empress-Her
Favorite Text.
Copyrighted, 1890, by the Ne'o YORK. Associated
Press)
BERLIN, Jan. 11.-Public attention was
concentrated to-day upon the funeral Of
Empress Augusta to the exclusion of all
other topics. The threatening news from
Spain, the progress in Austria Of the
German-C Czech conference, all seem of
little moment to the people here by com
parison with the grandiose pageant
Of an imperial funeral The final
ceremony Of the funeral services was,
like the other parts, all planned
to be repetition Of the funeral Of Emperor
William. The religious service was con-
cluded in the Schloss chapel at ~ o'clock,
and amid the toling of church bells the
cortege moved at once for Charlottenburg,
the way lined by troops and by the various
trade guilds, by students from the public
schools, by members of veteran societies,
and so on; and behind these thronged
thousands of silent, sympathetic spectators
The ecclesiastical service, as we'll as the
military part of the scene was repetition
Of the Donors paid to the renowned husband
of deceased; while the throng of family
and official mourners was nearly as large
and illustrious. The Duke OF Battenberg
represented the Queen of England as before.
THE MoURNERs.
The immediate circle of family mourners
included the King of Saxony, the Crown
Prince Of Sweden, the Grand Duke Of SAKE
Weimar, Prince Christian of Schleswig
Holstein, the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-
Streliiz, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg- -Gotha,
the Prince Of Hohenzollern, Grand Duke
Francis of Austria, Prince William of
Wurtemburg, Prince William of Wied,
the Princesses Of Schlesweig- -Holstein, SAKE
Meiningen SAKE w eimar, lWaldecks Pyra
mont, Sondershausen, Schaumburg-Lipp
and others. Beside these were many repre-
sentatives Of foreign soverelgns.
FLORAL TRIBUTES.
wThe emperor laid upon the coffin a mag
nidcent palm branch with long white silk
ribbons, bearing the imperial arms and
crown in gold. Baron Levitshow, presi-
dent of the Reichstag, laid upon the coffin,
in behalf Of the Reichstag, a wreath OF
palms. white roses, and corneliaS, upon
ribbons Of which was this in
scription: "The Reichstag to first
Empress Augusta: BLESSED are the mercl-
full, for they shall obtain mercy" Prince
Bismarck sent a large wreath surrounding
a cross Of violets, and Princess Bismarck a
wreath of roses and lilies of the valley.
The kings of Italy and Roumania each sent
exquisite tributes of flowers, as did the
sovereigns of almost all foreign countries
THURSDAYS sERvIcEs.
At the principal service on Thursday, the
coffin was inclosed, and the empress lay as
if asleep. The choral piece 81 know that my
Redeemer liveth," was sung as the court
entered. The court chaplain, in an elo-
quent address, reviewed Augustus connec-
tion with German history during the last
fifty years. He has since furnished to the
ReichSGnzeiger a list of special scriptural
texts Of which the empress was particularly
fond.
HELPED A SOCIALISTS WIDOW.
Among the many mercies now made pub
lie in regard to the dead empress is one that
has the interest Of actuality. In sending a
gift to di i.tressed widow, she was told that
the woman's husband had been a socialist,
and she said, 81 don't care wnat the politi-
cal opinions Of the man were, only re-
member that he has left a hungry tamily.n
To-day the houses in Unter den Linden are
draped with black, and the lamps are
shrouded with Grape.