Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-12
EMPRESS AUGUSTA BURIED.
The Crowned and Titled Of Germany Wit
ness the Service.

| BERLIN, Jan. 1.-THE funeral OF En-
press Augusta took place today. The
weather was brilliant. Court Chaplain
Koegel delivered the grafton in the chapel
of the schloss, where the remains were
! lying. His discourse was based on the
| the motto of the dead empress. "Be joyful
in hope, patient in adversely and steadfast
| in prayer" He extolled her fear of God,
her devotion to duty, her charity and sim
cerity and love for her husband and the
| fatherland.
| At the conclusion of the services in the
chapel the funeral procession was formed
| and started for Charlottenberg. Inter
| den Linden, through which the procession
| passed, was profusely draped with mourn
! ing emblems. An immense crowd assem-
| bled to witness the procession. At the
| juAction of the Charlottenberg road and
| Lieges ALE the procession dispersed. The
| imperial family in carriages accompanied
| the remains to the mausoleum at Chariot
! tenberg. The fourth grenadier guards, of
| which the dead empress was honorary
colonel. escorted the coffin.
Public attention is concentrated today
upon the funeral of the late Empires Au-
gusta to the exclusion of all other topics.
The treatening news from Spain, the
progress in Austria of the German-Czech
conference, all seem of little moment to
the people here by comparison with the
| grandiose pageant of an imperial funeral.
| The final ceremony of the funeral service
| was like the other parts all planned to be
| repetition of the funeral of the Emperor
William. The duke of Edinburgh repre-
sented the queen of England as before. In
the immediate circle of family mourners
were the king of Saxony, the crown prince
of Sweden, the grand duke of Sake
Weimer, Christian of Schlosweig- Holstein,
the grand duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz.
the grand duke of Saxe-CoDurg Gotha,
the prince of HohenZollern. Grand Duke
Francis of Austria, Prince William of
WED, the princess OF Schlesweigh Hol-
stein, Saxe-Meingen. SAKE Weimer, Valid
reck, Pymont SonnedershauZen Schaum-
burg-Lippe and others. Besides these
were many representatives of foreign SOW
ereignS.
nificent palm branch with a white ribbon
bearing the imperial arms and crown in
gold. Baron Levitzow, president OF the
in behalf of the reichstag, a
wreath of palms. white roses and
camalas, upon the ribbons of which was
this inscription: "The reichstag to the first
Empress Augusta. Blessed are the mer-
ciful for they shall obtain mercy" Prince
Bismarck sent large wreath surround
ing cross of violets, 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 of the German
and foreign countries.
At the principal service on Thursday
evening the coffin was Enclosed and the
empress lay as if asleep. The choral piece
Il Know That My Redeemer Liveth" was
sung as the court entered. Rev. Koegel,
the court chaplain, in an eloquent
address reviewed Augustus connection
with German history during the last fifty
years. He has since furnished to the
Reichsanzeiger list of special scriptural
texts of which the empress was particular
" fond. These are the epistle to tine
Romans thirteen, II and fourteen Z; Mat
thew twenty-eight 20; Corinthians eleven,
9, and others.
Among many anecdotes now made pub
lie in regard to the dead empress is one
that has interest of actuality. In sending
gift to distressed widow she was told
that the woman's husband had been a
socialist and she said: II do not care what
the political opinions Of the man were. |
only remember that he left hungry
family"