Evening star., 1898-08-01
Emperor William, Will Return to Kiel
Tonight.
He WILL H N FREDERICKSBURG
Presidents Message Sent to Count
HerbertsBismarck.
PLANS NOT COMPLETED

pected here at 10 o'clock tonight, and 1t Is
reported that the empress. who mas given
up hei intention of attending her brothers
wedding at Coburg tomorrow, will meet his
najesty here and accompany him to Fried
erichsruhe on Tuesday morning. Thence
their niatesties win proceed to Postiam.
A naval order has been issued command
ing that all the flags on warships be half
n.ssted on the day of Prince Bismarck's
funeral. that salute of nineteen guns be
fired at noon, and that all the naval officers
and officials wear burning for week.
The Presidents Message.
BERLIN, August 1.-Baron Won Buelow,
the minister for foreign affairs, has arrived
here end will proceed, by imperial COM
mand, to Kiel In order to accompany the
emperor to Friederichsruhe.
The United States ambassador Mr. An
drew D. White, has received the Pfesi-
dents cable message from Washington.
Mr.. White has formally requested leave
to present the message at the foreign office
this afternoon. and ne has also sent a copy
of it to Count Herbert Bismarck at Fried
erichsruhe.
Baron Won Buelow tells the correspondent
of the Associated Press that nothing def
mite regarding Prince Bismarcks funeral
will be decided upon until the wishes of
Emperor William and the family of the
deceased are ascertained
Emperor's Dispatches.
BERLIN August THUS far Emperor
William has telegraphed twice to Fried
ertchsiuhe. The first dispatch sent on Sum
day morning, was addressed to Count Her.
bert Bismarck and set forth in the most
cordial terms the merits of the late prince,
and expressing his u1ajesty's undying graft
tude to the deceased who has been a
moGel of the most faithful performance of
duty''
The emperor also mentioned Prince Bis
marck's domestic life, which has been his
greatest joy and assures the family of his
most sincere sympathy
The second telegram begs for the family's
consent to bury the princes remains in
the Charlottesburg imausoleuln, where the
body of Emperor William 1 reposes. This,
however, is declined, because Of Prince
Bismarcks dearly expressed wish to be
buried near the Schloss.
rince Hohehlohe' the imperial chan
celor. took a special train for Friedrichs
ruhe this afternoon in order to convey to
the family the condolences of the Prus-
sian. ministry of state and to place
wreath upon the fefmer chancellors bier.
The city councils of Berlin and Munich
will hold spectti sessions on Tuesday, the
prince having had the honorary freedom Of
The Cariruhe city, council has passed
resolution of -capdQlsnce, and has selected
delegates to attend the funeral
In regard to Prince Bismarck's testa-
ment i. is own that Friedrich sruhe, with
the title Of prince, deseends to Count Her
ha far
of Count Won. Ratzau, the husband of
Prince Bismarck's daughter, remaining
there temporarily. Schoenhausen goes to
Count William Bismarck, the second son.
The late princes money, which is esti-
mated to amount to several million marks,
a larger amount than was generally sup
posed, is divided among the three chill
dren and the young Rantzaus This money
is partly in the Bank of England and
partly in the Bleidroeders Bank. The dec
orations. diamonds and art objects, valued
at about a million marks, are deposited
at Berlin jewelers..
DR.. Schweninger now says that the inn
mediate cause of death was effusion OF
blood on the brain.
The remains of the great chancellor have
been dressed in the uniform of the Hal
berstadt cuirassiers.
Floral Tributes.
An enormous number of wreaths and 9TH
er noral tributes nave already arrived at
Friedrichruhe. So strict Is the exclusion at
the Schloss that Count Posadowski, the
minister of the interior had to wait twenty
minutes before he was admitted
The official Reichsanzeiger, which ap-
pears today with black borders, publishes
the telegram which Emperor William sent
yesterday to Prince Herbert Bismarck"
1t was as follows:
I'm deep sorrow, and sympathizing with
the grief which has struck you all, for
your beloved. great, dead lament the loss
of Germany's great son, whose faithful CO.
operation in the work of reuniting the
fatherland won for him the lifelong friend
ship of my grandfather. resting in Cod
and the undying thanks of the whole Ger
man people for all time. 1 shall prepare a
last abode for his remains 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 or
dered the army to go into mourning for
eight days.
The flags on all the imperial and state
buildings will be at half mast until after
the funeral.
Reichsanzeiger publishes long leading
article today extoIling Prince Bismarck's
immortal services and declaring the father
land has lost her greatest son.
A dispatch from. Friedrchsruhe to the
Hamburg Nachrichten says it has been
definitely decided that the remains of Prince
Bismarck are to be inferred at the spot
selected by himself, where simple mau-
soleum will be erected.