The San Francisco call., 1898-08-02
OFFERED BURIAL IN
 THE IMPERIAL TONES
Emperor Williams Tender Letter. Bismarck's Epitaph as Writ
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BERLIN, Aug. In regard to Prince Bismarck's testament it Is known that Friedrichsruhe, with the title of Prince, descends to Count Her bert Bismarck, the oldest son, the fam fly of Count von RantZau, the husband of Prince Bismarck's daughter. remain ing there temporarily. Schoenhausen goes to Count William Bismarck. the second son. The late Princes money. which is estimated to amount to sev- eral million marks-a larger amount than was generally supposed-is diYid- ed among the three children and the young Rantzau. The money is partly in the Bank of England and partly in the Bleiroeder Bank. The decora- tions. diamonds and art objects, valued at about a million marks, are deposited with a Berlin jeweler.
 pr. Schweninger the Princes physi- clan, now says that the immediate cause of death was effusion of blood on the brain.
 The remains of the great Chancel- lor's have been dressed in the uniform of the Halberstcdt cuirassiers. An enormous number of WreathS and other floral tributes have already arrived at Friedrichsruhe. So strict is the exclu- sion at the Schloss that Count Poso- dowski, the Minister of the Interior. had to wait twenty minutes before he was admitted.
 The official Reichauzelger, which appears to-day with black borders, publishes the telegram which Emperor William sent Prince Herbert Bismarck. It is as follows:
 Tn deep sorrow and sympathiZing al 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 lifelong friendship of my grand father resting in God, and the undyiaG thanks of the whole German people for all time. l shall prepare last abode for his remains in Berlin, in the Cathe- dral by the side of my ancestors. The Emperor has ordered the court l to go into mourning for ten days, and has ordered the army to % into mourn ing for eight days.
 | The flags on all the imperial and state buildings win be at half-mast until af- | ter the funeral.
 The Reichanzeiger publishes a long l article to day eXtolling Bismarck's s i'm mortal services. and declaring the Fath- erland has lost her greatest son. After saying that Prince Bismarck was no1 only the unifier, but also the educator of his people, the Reichanzeiger con tinues: If 1t Is true that states are maintained by the spirit and power il which they are created the name o1 | Bismarck will remain for us as a device | and a revelation at all times. 1 A dispatch from F'riedriehsruhe tt l the Hamburg Nachrichten says it has | been definitely decided that the remain: of Prince Bismarck are to be inferred at the spot selected by himself, whert | a simple mausoleum will be built, ane 1 to which the remains of his wife vii be transferred from Varsein Until tht l mausoleuln Is completed the funera l rites will be confined to the simple cere, mony of blessing the remains, whicf I willsbe performed by the local pastor l of the village of Brunstorf.
 l Prince Bismarck's final written in l structions, signed by himself, express his desire to be buried in selected spot in the Sachenswaid, and conclude l For an epitaph.sI wish: Prince vor Bismarck, born April 1, 1915, died -, | with the addition of "A faithful Germar l servant of Emperor William I.s"o I : Prince. Hohenlohe, the Imperial Chan