The record-union., 1898-08-02
UitiI Wishes Of Emperor William and the
Family Are AsceTtained.
The Request Of the Emperor to
Have the Remains of the Prince
Laid at Rest in the Charlie item
burg Mausoleum, Where the
Body of Emperor William I.
RecHnes, Not to Be Complied
With.

BERLIN Aug. 1-Baron Won Buelow
tells the correspondent of the Assocl-
ated Press that nothing definite regard
ing Prince Bismarck's funeral will be
decided upon until the wishes of En-
peror William and the family of the
deceased are ascertained
United States ambassador White has
formally requested leave to present
President McKinley's message Of con-
doence at the Foreign Office, and he
has also sent a copy Of it to Count
Herbert Bismarck at FREDERICKSBURG.
Thus far Emperor William has tele-
graphed twice to FREDERICKSBURG. The
first dispatch sent on Sunday morning
was addressed to Count Frederick Bis
marck, and set forth in very cordial
terms the merits of the late Prince, and
expressed his majesty's undying graft
tude to the deceased, who had been
model of the faithful performance of
duty
The Emperor also praises Prince lbs
marck's domestic life, which had been
his greatest joy" and assures the fam
lily of his sincere sympathy.
The second telegram begs for the
family's consent to bury the Princes
remains in the Charlottenburg mauso-
leum, where the body Of Emperor Will
lam T. reposes. This, however, is de-
clined, because of Prince Bisnarck's $
dearly expressed wish to be buried near
the Schloss.
Prince HohenIohe, the Imperial Chan
cellor, took a special train for Fried
richsruhe this afternoon, in order to
convey TO the family the coincidence of
the Prussian Ministry Of State and to
place a wreath upon the Chancellor's
bier.
The Carlruhe City Council has passed
a resolution of coincidence, and has Sc
lected delegates to attend the funeral.
In regard to Prince Bismarck 5 testa-
ment. it is known that Friedrichsruhe,
with the title Of Prince. descends TO
Count Herbert Bismarck, the oldest
son. the family of Count Won Rantzaw.
the husband of Prince Bismarck's
daughter remaining there temporarily.
SchoenhauZen goes to Count William
Bismarck the second SON. The late
Princes monri. which is estimated to
amount to several million marks,
larger amount than was generally sup
posed is divided among the three chill
dren and the young Rantzaw. This
monri is partly in the Bank of Eng
land and partly in the Bleidroeders
Bank. The decorations. diamonds and
art objects. valued at about million
marks are deposited at d Berlin jew
eler's.
DR. Schweininger. the Princes physi-
cian now says that the immediate
cause Of death was effusion of blood on
the brain
The remains of the great Chancellor
have been dressed in the uniform of the
Haiberstadt Cuirassiers. An enormous
number Of wreaths and other floral tri-
butes have already arrived at Fried
richsruhe. 50 strict is the exclusion
at the SchloSs that Count Posodowski.
the Minister Of the Interior. had TO wait
twenty minutes before he was admitted.
The "Oficial Reichsanzenger." which
appears to-day with black borders,
publishes the telegram which Emperor
William sent Prince Herbert Bismarck.
1t is as follows:
In deep sorrow and sympathiZing at
the grief which has struck you all for
your beloved great dead, | lament the
loss of Germany's great son. whose
faithful cooperation in the work of
uniting the fatherland won for him the
life long friendship Of my grandfather.
resting in God, and the undying thanks
nf the whole German people for all time
] shall prepare a last abode for his re-
mains in Berlin, in the Cathedral by
the side Of my ancestors"
The Emperor has ordered the court to
go into mourning for ten days, and has
ordered the army TO go into mourning
for eight days.
Prince Bismarck's final written in
structions signed by himself. express
his desire TO be buried in a selected spot
in the Sachenswald and concludes:
For an ep:taph / wish Prince Won
Bismarck. born April /. 1915. Died
with the addition Of A faithful German