New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-09
THE DEAD EMPRESS.
PATHETIC SCENES AT THE DEATHBE of
AUGUSTA
FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE REICHsrAG-

FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE KEIOhoiH"
PREPARATIONS FOR THE FUNERAL-ECho-
PEAN COURTS GOING INTO MOURNING.
Berlin. Jan Sat the opening OF the heicis-
tag this morning the President lnrin""S an
nounced the death of the DowaSer hiPi'S' Au
gusta and paid a high tribute 10 Ner li'"'oiS
The House adopted resolution request IL ''
President to convey its sympathy 10 H"P'iOi
William and then adjourned as marx oi IcSP'00'
The Reichsanzeiger" describes the lasV houiS
of the Empress. The Grand Duchess oi b''en' ~
savs did not leave the bedside from MONDAY hleho
nntil the death Augusta recognizing heI DIT d
late hour, appeared surprised to see heI' anu ''o
~ o,,,e kind" She welcomed the Emperor
and Fmpress upon their arrival beckoncd the
Fmneror to her, and said to him, the words being
scorcelv audible: Il may not kiss thee to-day
because of Infection" At o'clock she asked her
cabinet Councillor whether he thought she would
no able 10 work with him the next day
t. was only at the very last that she seemed TO
fool that she was dying Her last word was
farewell to Chaplain Koegcl Afterward 'here
we're only mute reco9nllOns'
Onccn Victoria and the Prince and Princess OF
Wales have teegraphed condolences, ana VIII
send a representative to the funeral OF the En-
nress The ceremonial of the funeral Will DC
nearly the same as that of the Emperor Nllhah'
The Emperor has ordered that the Court 90 INTO
mourning for three months, and has hAeo .nc
pered for general mourning at SIX weeks Tic
has also ordered that the theatres and other
places of amusement be closed for week
The bodv of the Empress will be taken to the
Schloss at midnight tomorrow. 1t VIII De piaceu
on a bier in the chapel. The funeral Will proo-
ably take place on Saturday.
The Emperor and Empress and other members
Of the Imperial family this morning visited 'le
cbambcr in which the body of the Empress is
living Services were led in the chamber lo-"l~n'
and will be held tomorrow night. After the
conclusion of tomorrow nights services the
servants of the Court Chamberlain will convey
tbe body to the Central Gate. Here the officers
NJ the 4th GrenadcrS, of which regiments
the dead Empress was honorary Colonel, Will re-
cciyc the body and escort it to the chapel IN the
Schloss
II is reported tonight in the lohbles of the
Reicbstar that Prince Bismarck Will attend the
funeral of the Empress. This is the first refer
ence made since the EmpreSss death to the
ap1ipathy that existed between the great per
sOnages. 49,
The papers here are full of praises Of the
Flopress Au.usta TLcy refer especially to heI
charity anG -reat love OF justice.
Iondou Jan. s." The London Gazette an
pOupccS that the court Will veal ''i''4'i7 'V'
the Empress Augusta during 1ouI "cehS'
Rome. jan S.-The Dowager Empress victoria
LETT here for Berlin to-day. Ming lluihbetu anu
ths ROYAL family accompanied her TO the S'"'l'h'
Pcsth JAM s.-Ihe papers here eXtol the late
Dowager Empress Augusta Of Germany lheS
gratefully recall her sympathy with the sufferers
by the recent floods at Szegedln.
Paris. Jan. s.-PTesldent tarnot has instructed
NJ, Herbette, the French Ambassador to Germany
to convey his condolences TO Emperor William
ON the death Of Empress Augusta.